Like I said, including me. And I am talking about social reasons.
Mocking religion can probably turn some agnostics into atheists, but in most cases it makes religious people more rigid in their beliefs- you’re offering them the “choice” between their religion being true and them being an idiot.
Like I said, including me. And I am talking about social reasons.
Mocking religion can probably turn some agnostics into atheists, but in most cases it makes religious people more rigid in their beliefs- you’re offering them the “choice” between their religion being true and them being an idiot.
The claim was that they would become thicker-skinned, not that they would become atheists.
Mockery of my religion helped me to change my mind, but I doubt it would have helped if I was not already suspecting those beliefs were wrong.