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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love this. So now not only are religious folks ignorant to atheism, you also know more about religion than they do. [/quote]

Not more, no.  But likely just as much.[/quote]

Actually, research shows that on average, atheists [i]know[/i] more about religion than religious people do.

As noted above: https://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/28/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey/

"On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers. Jews and Mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively. Protestants as a whole average 16 correct answers; Catholics as a whole, 14.7. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons perform better than other groups on the survey even after controlling for differing levels of education".

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I'm happy you believe in something. What is that? A survey? Way to go out on a limb.[/quote]

It's not a matter of "believing" in a survey -- It's the scientific method. it's checking the methods and raw numbers that any respected survey research firm (like Pew) provides with its survey results.

I'm getting more and more convinced that you are an atheist yourself -- just trying to make religious people look naive and dumb, and provide an opportunity for other atheists to explain the fallacies of religion.

Many regious people are neither naive or dumb -- they simpy are attached to their faith because it enhances their lives and they don't care about its factuality. It makes them feel good.  It provides community. It gives them hope for the future.

They like the idea that prayer works, even if experience shows that it doesn't a lot of the time.  They like feeling like they have a personal relationship with the big guy upstairs.

They really don't care much about atheists at all.
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