• sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      The fact that some people start as atheists and later become religious demonstrates there has to be more reasons than just that.

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        2 years ago

        Never personally met an atheist that had found religion or heard about one, other than in American evangelical stories, but I’ve met a few non-religions people who have later in life found religion. Although I live in a quite atheaistic country, so there is a lack of peer pressure or need to talk about such things.

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          2 years ago

          Never personally met an atheist that had found religion or heard about one

          Well congratulations, now you have. It isn’t quite as rare as you might think.

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              2 years ago

              What about the internet makes this easier to lie about? I could tell you the same thing to your face and you still couldn’t fact check it.

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                2 years ago

                They aren’t calling you a liar, they’re saying they never met someone like that in person.

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                  2 years ago

                  They are drawing that distinction for a reason. They literally said everyone is everything on the internet. I don’t how else you could possibly read that.

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                    2 years ago

                    I read “everyone is everything on the internet” meaning you can always find someone who is anything, because the internet is just so big and diverse. Not as calling you a liar. Maybe I’m wrong, don’t want to put words in their mouth. But that’s how I read it.