Fellow atheist: doesn't the word «epidemiology» come to your mind when you find yourself being preached at...?
...by a Christian?
And how funny the idea is that, if that very Christian had been born in Cameroon, he would be telling you about witchery and voodoo, and if he had been born in Papua New Guinea he would be telling you about John Frum, and if he had been born among the Kwaio people he would be telling you about the Adalo and other ancestors, and if he had been born among the Shoshone people he would be telling you about the talking clouds and the Waterbaby?
Isn't it funny the intensity and enthusiasm some Christians put in the idea they absorbed through social osmosis and cultural epidemiology, without themselves being in control of what to choose to believe in the first place, being caused by a mere accident of birth?
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I don't think most theists realize this. I've asked the question a few times, and very few Christians are willing to admit that they would be Muslim if born in a country like Saudi Arabia. Those that did still had no problem with them being damned forever for being born into the "wrong" culture, as the situation was hypothetical and they felt safe.
If someone is taught something is the truth from such a singular perspective, it becomes very hard for them to see things from another perspective.
Yeh, it's an epidemic of delusion
Not really. Words like "irrational" come more readily to mind.
Yeah, specially by atheists.
Yeah its funny, but not 'Ha ha' funny, its 'Heh' funny.