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A note to some theists who write to us:

We insist on the right to insist on truthfulness in all discussions.

Positive Atheism is for atheists. Here we learn of the joys and hardships of being truthful about our own religion. We study our heritage as unbelievers, often finding that atheism is no big deal. Still, there exists a class of meddlers who seem unwilling to resist any opportunity to “tell those atheists a thing or two!”

Do you wish to hold us accountable for what we think, do, or say? Then you’d best be certain that we actually thought it, did it, or said it before launching your salvos against us. If you lie to us or about us, we will call you on it, because we insist on truthfulness. So please, think about what you say first. If nothing else, consider the fact that we like to post unreasonable and untruthful letters for comic relief. This way, atheists who visit get a glimpse of what conversion to theism could be like for us.

If you think you have a truly original argument to present to us, we will do our best to give it a fair look. Who knows? Everyone might learn something!

By the way, we’ve heard the rot they feed you in those “Refuting Atheists” videos shown at seminars with names like “Headlong Discipleship: Hook, Line, and Surrender,” staged in venues such as The Tambourine Bangin’ Fundamentalist Revival Temple.

Some of that stuff we’ve seen time and time again, actually, hundreds, or even thousands of times. “Apologetics” books and videos are spun with an eye toward keeping you from wandering astray from the fold; your leaders know better than to think any of it would affect a thinking atheist. The handful of us who do convert to theism do so as the result of an emotional fluctuation of some sort, not because of the cribbed arrogance sent to this forum and others like it.

So lay off the Lee Strobel books, the C S Lewis commentaries, the Philip Johnson videos, and those insipid little comic tracts. This is not to disparage those authors (except the last one): we just want you, as a writer to our forum, to speak for yourself. Send your own original thoughts: do not parrot the ideas of others.

By submitting letters and other material, you agree to be held
to the stipulations in our game rules, got that?