Patrick Elliott <sel### [at] npgcablecom> wrote:
> The funny thing on that is, the average "believer" I know has maybe read 
> 20% of the Bible, almost **nothing** on the history tied to the time 
> periods described in it (with possible exception of texts designed to 
> ignore things that don't fit in with the "official" dogma), where as 
> most atheists have read more than half of it, or the entire thing, more 
> than once, and at least 1-2 books on the history of some of the periods, 
> *and* more than a few books on other religions. The other thing is, like 
> 95% of atheists used to be believers, probably 20% of them where 
> Evangelical, before concluding it was all gibberish, and another 2% or 
> so where ***actually priests*** at one point in time.

  I'm wondering if you are talking about Americans there.

  Here the majority of people are atheists, and from them, the vast majority
have always been. And only a very, very small percentage have ever even
opened the Bible. (Yes, while in the US people are by default christians,
atheism being the rare exception, here people are by default secular,
religion being the exception. It might be hard for an American to fathom,
but it is really a bit surprising if someone claims being a believer, as
the assumed status quo is being secular. I suppose some American atheists
could call this a paradise of sorts.)

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                                                          - Warp

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