I mean that they probably have heard prescriptions from their leaders like “He who does not believe in God and does not accept God into his heart, immediately accepts the Devil into his heart, and by doing so is in a conflict with you, and you must fight this sinner at every opportunity.”
I’m pretty sure this is wrong as a statement about the distribution of Christians.
I agree, but is it a wrong statement about the distributions of Christians who would be unwilling to work with me if I mentioned that I don’t believe in any theistic gods?
I know sincere intelligent Christians who would just be relieved and respect that you’ve actually thought about the question of deism, and see that as a positive sign of intelligence, maybe even truth seeking?
Perhaps I’m writing unclearly, but I’ll try to restate: the point I’m making is that if were conditionalizing on someone being unable to work with me because I’m an atheist, then I’m saying this sort of thing is likely something that they have heard.
I’m pretty sure this is wrong as a statement about the distribution of Christians.
I agree, but is it a wrong statement about the distributions of Christians who would be unwilling to work with me if I mentioned that I don’t believe in any theistic gods?
I know sincere intelligent Christians who would just be relieved and respect that you’ve actually thought about the question of deism, and see that as a positive sign of intelligence, maybe even truth seeking?
Perhaps I’m writing unclearly, but I’ll try to restate: the point I’m making is that if were conditionalizing on someone being unable to work with me because I’m an atheist, then I’m saying this sort of thing is likely something that they have heard.
Ah, of course. That makes sense.