Posted by Farmer on July 15, 2011 at 13:25:08
Honestly, Farmer, I think there is some sort of impasse in communication. I still don't understand your point. Of course you and anyone else here is entitled to their own viewpoint. My comment was about having not made any statistical comment. Just trying to understand what you are getting at. I don't know that it makes a difference to me if I started out as a christian or not. Maybe more correctly would be to say I started out non-protestant with more of a secular upbringing, but American schools were more influenced by Judeo-Christian culture in those years. I grew up in the "bible belt" but with liberal parents. I'm glad they were liberal as far as views on spirituality.
Ok...here I am trying some more to may be ironing out some misunderstandings...thanks for agreeing that
I can bring up my own points in a reply...that's what it is about at the bottomline and it seems the problem with it persists.
I am not so forgetful or negligent in not realising, that you haven't mentioned statistics...so if you say I can bring up my own points, then why are you repeating statistics having not mentioned here again and in the first place?I am puzzled...
It was my point not yours...I even stressed in the last answer, that it makes "marginly" a difference to me, whether someone was born an atheist, continued to be one and died as one.I guess you heard of homoeopathy...not my creed...not my thing...I know people believing in it...anyway, watered-down/diluted substance to the nth degree, potency is supposed to "be it"...takes faith I guess...In a way I think you're "watered down" Christian... ; ) ...sorry...
What I meant is you LTE are an atheist with Christian influence...other atheists might have grown
up "pure", without any Christian influence...I thought you were able to read that between the lines...sorry for being unclear...hope that helps now a bit more...pointing out my unimportant little addition/viewpoint