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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by myWindoonn on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @12:51PM (#26004165)
How did you get around the minor calendrical errors (e.g. Quirinius being appointed before Herod's death) and the idea that the Gospels are secondhand? These were showstoppers for my belief as a teenager, and they're still showstoppers today in my adult life.
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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by afpx on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:10PM (#26005175)
To be fair, it requires a lot of mental and spiritual creativity to jump from non-belief to belief. And, one probably needs to have an instinct for it (like, I probably would have been a tribal shaman, had I lived 50,000 years ago) and some motivation to go in deep just for the experience.
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Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014) by myWindoonn on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @08:08PM (#26009392)
I don't think that your reply answered my questions. Don't the historical and scientific details matter?
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