[FoRK] "Where do beliefs come from daddy?"

[Jeff Bone]

On Dec 14, 2007, at 5:17 PM, Sat N wrote:

>>
>>>
>>> sateesh.narahari at gmail.com:
>>>> Why? When you know clearly that everyone else is wrong ;)...I bet
>>>> Atheists don't get convinced just reading Bible or attending a
>>>> Church.
>>>
>>> Actually, Sunday school and its affiliate sources is precisely  
>>> where a
>>> lot of atheists come from.
>>
>> I can't think of anything more likely to inspire atheism than
>> *actually* reading the Bible, attending church, and rubbing elbows
>> with Christians.
>>
>
> Precisely my point. When you clearly know that Bible is so wrong,
> reading it will only reinforce your beliefs. So,  why not save time,
> and don't read books that are not inline with your thinking !!!

You're really embarrassingly desperate to prove that staunch atheists  
start out biased against theism...

I assure you that's not always the case.  I started out believing,  
grew up initially not questioning anything at all.  It was the  
preposterousness of the beliefs themselves, the supporting materials,  
and the obnoxiousness of the crowd that ultimately cracked those  
beliefs.

jb