I don't understand why militant Atheists more deeply indoctrinate themselves into Atheism... I mean, they do stuff like read books and listen to seminars and watch programs about Atheism. If Atheism is supposed to be the lack of religion, why do they "grow in faith" the way every other religion does? And beyond that, the fact that they go out of their way to try to disprove other religions to "convert" people to Atheism just makes no sense to me.
Along the lines of conversion and such, I think it's funny the way "Christian conversion" works. I mean, all anyone has to do is get you to argue with them and you automatically lose. If you win an argument, you lose. If you lose an argument, you lose. Conventional means of getting another to see your opinion is lost in the Christian faith and your only tool is the love of Christ and living out your faith and letting the Holy Spirit do his thing. As soon as you start trying to change someone else, you fail. You should be living by example, not trying to change peoples' mind. This is lost in America, for the most part, and runs rampant among high-schoolers and super-conservatives. It's scary that our witness is lost because people insist on trying to argue people into the faith.
I could go deeper but I'm too tired. :\
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"If Atheism is supposed to be the lack of religion, why do they "grow in faith" the way every other religion does"
We don't. We grow in knowledge.
"If Atheism is supposed to be the lack of religion, why do they "grow in faith" the way every other religion does? And beyond that, the fact that they go out of their way to try to disprove other religions to "convert" people to Atheism just makes no sense to me."
Maybe you mistake what might be a passion , to be that of faith .You wonder why people have this passion , but maybe many look around and see that many faiths still to this very day have a lot to do with wars .And even without wars these faiths often can split and devide at a time when the world needs the most ever! to be inclusive and come more together in peace.And these things effect all of us , whether we wish to be involved in them or not.
Im not involved in felling vast areas of trees that might be causing global warming ,should i take a passionate interest in people who are?.
In my apologetics class in high school we watched a debate between an atheist and a christian and the people were just as you described in this post. It just reminded me of that.
I think that to a certain extent, people like to know a sufficient amount of facts about Christianity before they accept Christ. It shouldn't be the main focus and the real transformation is based on faith, but for me, my knowledge of Christianity has made my faith stronger.
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