Theists that claim, "I used to be an atheist."

Rachel Bronwyn · **#21** by **Rachel Bronwyn** » May 05, 2011 11:10 pm

Lulz. Kirk Cameron has always been a fundamentalist evangelical christian. Talk to some of this cast mates from Growing Pains. He made demands of everyone based on his beliefs.

So, at least one of those "I used to be an atheist" christians is just a liar.

Peter Brown · **#22** by **Peter Brown** » May 05, 2011 11:23 pm

Ihavenofingerprints wrote: and dead people are curing cancer patients from beyond the grave.

That is so last millennium. Modern faith heads use camel urine now.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cf ... 9071143333

Mick · **#23** by **Mick** » May 05, 2011 11:40 pm

chairman bill wrote:
Mick wrote:I flirted with atheism. It's like that seductive girl that wont go away.

Why would you want a seductive girl to go away?

I'm married to some other hottie.

chairman bill · **#24** by **chairman bill** » May 05, 2011 11:50 pm

Mick wrote:
chairman bill wrote:
Mick wrote:I flirted with atheism. It's like that seductive girl that wont go away.

Why would you want a seductive girl to go away?

I'm married to some other hottie.

Ah. You mean your wife monitors your posts on RatSkep

Mine's a hottie too

Dracena · **#25** by **Dracena** » May 06, 2011 12:03 am

Mick wrote:I flirted with atheism. It's like that seductive girl that wont go away.

I flirted with theism.It's like that seductive boy that wont go away.

Agrippina · **#26** by **Agrippina** » May 06, 2011 8:41 am

Peter Brown wrote:
Ihavenofingerprints wrote: and dead people are curing cancer patients from beyond the grave.

That is so last millennium. Modern faith heads use camel urine now.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cf ... 9071143333

Or by ex-popes (from beyond the grave):

Nun cured of Parkinsons

Fallible · **#27** by **Fallible** » May 06, 2011 8:51 am

I flirted with theism. It's like the controlling boy that won't let me do anything fun and tells me that Jesus was born of a virgin, was his own father, walked on water, died and came back to life three days later and flew up to heaven to sit at his own right hand, and I'm going to hell unless I accept him as my lord and saviour and...I don't think I've quite got the hang of this...

talkietoaster · **#28** by **talkietoaster** » May 06, 2011 9:03 am

I found when theist use this line it somehow makes them think their statements or claims are taken more seriously. When a theist says this line '' I used to be an Atheist.'' -- means I used to think for myself and I just became stupid. Not saying atheism automatically makes people smart just gives potential to people to think in more reasoned ways.

redwhine · **#29** by **redwhine** » May 06, 2011 9:07 am

z8000783 wrote:Is it any different to atheists who say they used to be Christians?

John

Yes.

One is atheists saying they used to be theists.

The other is theists saying they used to be atheists.

Couldn't be more different.

:whistle:

z8000783 · **#30** by **z8000783** » May 06, 2011 9:11 am

Ah yes got it now, I couldn't see it at first, thanks.

John

Ihavenofingerprints · **#31** by **Ihavenofingerprints** » May 06, 2011 9:48 am

LarianLeQuella wrote:I think this quote from the particular blog post I am referring to sums up the "I used to be atheist"

I did not believe in God. I knew God existed but I didn’t have a relationship with His son.

The Plc · **#32** by **The Plc** » May 06, 2011 10:11 am

It's a standard apologetic trick used to establish 'credibility'. In Alister McGrath's the Dawkins Delusion, he, with all lack of subtlety, drops this in about three times in the introduction. The claim is trivial, even if it is true. We were all athiests at some point. All of us was born one.

Agrippina · **#33** by **Agrippina** » May 06, 2011 10:16 am

Some of the replies to that post are funny.

"I don't believe in cabbages, but I know they exist, then I met Alice..."

Excellent.

Don't they bury people who've been dead for three days. Maybe he's Jesus, only he rested for almost a month, maybe Jesus needs a longer rest 2,000 years later.

Tyrannical · **#34** by **Tyrannical** » May 06, 2011 10:28 am

Didn't the now murdered head of some American atheist association have a son that converted to Christianity a while back?

Arcanyn · **#35** by **Arcanyn** » May 06, 2011 10:55 am

David Icke used to not believe that the world is run by the lizard people. Now he does. Maybe this means he's onto something?

Fallible · **#36** by **Fallible** » May 06, 2011 12:02 pm

Shit, I never thought of that. :doh:

veniq · **#37** by **veniq** » May 06, 2011 2:02 pm

Agrippina wrote:I don't know about this, I don't believe that someone who is a conscious atheist, not just indifferent about religion but actively does not believe in religious nonsense, can be made to believe. I need convincing about this.

Got to agree with you, Agrippina.

Peter Brown · **#38** by **Peter Brown** » May 06, 2011 2:32 pm

Agrippina wrote:
Peter Brown wrote:
Ihavenofingerprints wrote: and dead people are curing cancer patients from beyond the grave.

That is so last millennium. Modern faith heads use camel urine now.

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cf ... 9071143333

Or by ex-popes (from beyond the grave):

Nun cured of Parkinsons

Parkinsons isn't cancer. If you want full god medical cover you are just having to go join all the religions. :yuk:

Agrippina · **#39** by **Agrippina** » May 06, 2011 4:39 pm

And I bet she didn't have Parkisons either, just some tremor that disappeared with a diet change.

Panderos · **#40** by **Panderos** » May 09, 2011 12:26 pm

Statement: I used to be an atheist, but now I believe.

What I'm implying: I used to be an atheist, and I understood all the atheist arguments, but then I thought about it and saw they were wrong, now I believe. People that are still atheists therefore have not thought about it properly or are simply thick.

Fallacy: I understood all the atheist arguments.

Corrected Statement: I used to be an atheist, but now I believe, but I never understood the arguments for atheism anyway.

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