I can think of a number of reasons:
- curiosity
- overwhelming desire to convert the converted
- intellectual challenge
- seeking TRUTH™
- Learn what they believe and how it is defended
- other
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Pascal's Wager eh?ManBearPig wrote:I come here to make sure I'm not wrong. After all, if a Christian is wrong, they just end up wasting a lot of time/effort/money. But if we atheists/agnostics are wrong, it's significantly more expensive for us .
No one will ever make sense of it all that will fit all comers. All that is required is that YOU make enough sense of things to live a rewarding life free from superstition and guilt.ManBearPig wrote: So I want to make sure that there aren't Christians out there who've finally found a way to make sense out of it all.
It has never worried me - but then I was never a died in the wool christian.ManBearPig wrote: I guess as a former Christian, the fear of Hell kinda sticks with you for a long time...
Exactly. As a former Christian, I believe that I was wrong before. Evidently, my powers of reason are not as sharp as I would like to think that they are, or else I would not have fallen for what I now believe to be incorrect. Only by objectively evaluating as far as it is possible, all viewpoints can one protect oneself from entering a blind tunnel of belief.ManBearPig wrote:I come here to make sure I'm not wrong.
Probably not. You'll never convince the zealots, their brains stopped working long ago. It's the people on the fence that you have to convince to think, the ones who are not completely crusted over with cobwebs from disuse.Galphanore wrote:I'm here (religious forums in general) because I enjoy trying to make people think, that's why I think I am anyway. I'm not actually sure if I've ever actually succeeded
Yeah, but I can hope. Don't kill my hope!Cephus wrote:Probably not. You'll never convince the zealots, their brains stopped working long ago. It's the people on the fence that you have to convince to think, the ones who are not completely crusted over with cobwebs from disuse.Galphanore wrote:I'm here (religious forums in general) because I enjoy trying to make people think, that's why I think I am anyway. I'm not actually sure if I've ever actually succeeded
Trying to convince a theist that they're actually wrong is a pointless effort, it's like talking to a brick wall, although the wall has a better chance of answering.
There is hope. Former Christians.Galphanore wrote:Don't kill my hope!
Yep, I'm in the group. I was raised in a very very Catholic family, and even got all the way to being confirmed.McCulloch wrote:There is hope. Former Christians.Galphanore wrote:Don't kill my hope!
Cephus wrote:You'll never convince the zealots, their brains stopped working long ago.
The existence of people in this group should give us all hope. Some of us used to be zealots.Galphanore wrote:Don't kill my hope!
True, but I'd be interested to know what made those of us who used to be zealots become atheist. What finally broke through the shield?McCulloch wrote:Cephus wrote:You'll never convince the zealots, their brains stopped working long ago.The existence of people in this group should give us all hope. Some of us used to be zealots.Galphanore wrote:Don't kill my hope!