The bible is the best tool for making Christians into atheists.... Paraphrased from a comment made by Issac Asimov...

Although I have been an atheist from early childhood, I have always been fascinated by religion - the history and psychology of it especially. I think quite a lot of atheists make an effort to understand believers and what they believe. We are brighter than they are!

Yes, I am surprised too that the majority of the so called Christians I have spoken to actually never red the Bible, also the majority of the people who hate "Muslims" never red the Quran or had ever met a Muslim in person.

If they knew their bible they would be atheists.

Most christians, as well as adherents of other religions, have NO idea regarding
the history of their religions, or the histories of their "holy" books.
They're always completely hung up when they find out most atheists know more
about their belief systems than they do.
A lot of christians get really angry when non-believers start quoting the bible
to them during debates, and show they know the book better than the believers do.
I'll happily take on any priest or preacher, any day of the week.

Yeah, the more people know about Christianity, the less likely they are to be Christian.

People don't want truth - they want their imagination fed.

There appear to be a couple kinds of atheist. Those having had religion crammed down their throats, thus doing their homework to rebut it. And those lucky enough to come from non religious families, with no need to delve into the multitude of crazy religions.

I thank the former for doing the homework of the latter…

I think the atheist has a journey that tests and scrutinises (their) belief until they arrive at the only possible conclusion. Most believers never take the journey

Your not the first person here to do so. I learned quite a bit about religion I left behind. Which makes me glad to be an Atheist and wish I was one earlier in life.

They really don't want to know.

Rarely can faith survive the facts of history.

You can't believe a myth, if you know it to be a myth. Any religion that requires dogma rather than being held up against scrutiny is not worth belief.

Yes, of course. Name a Christian church that encourages its believers to read real history about their religion. None. Truth is, most of them don't want to know either, sad to say. It actually annoys me as I consider it intellectual cowardice.

Ahem...some atheists...some Christians.

My argument is there is no need to explore the bad any longer. It is proven it is bad over 2,000 years and religion is a big lie. You are asking to test the poison more?

Atheists do not need to know anything deep about any religion. So much ugliness + the lack of sense and reason coming out so far is enough to know this is a very very ugly thing underneath. Nothing good can produce so many bad things. No more knowledge is needed about religion. Life is short and that time and effort can be given to so many good causes in the world. Enough is enough.

What good thing in the world can produce these terrible things over 2,000 years?

1. Superstitions
2. Lying
3. Made up stories
4. Child sexual abuse
5. Religious crusades
6. Burning innocent women and children alive at stake
7. Continuous persecution of people
8. Controlling people's lives over silliest things
9. Sexism
10. Mass violence
11. Religious harassment
12. Slavery
13. Crimes
14. Cover up
15. Religious heads living in luxury and opulence while preaching helping the poor to the world

Dear atheists, please add to the List. I am sure the list will not end but this question must end.

My experience with a degree in religious studies is that you can’t come out the other side without acknowledging that agnosticism is at least a default position. To study shows it’s social importance but how destructive its representation can be.

Most do not read the bible, imagine other books to analyze reality in fact, for alienation.

Not so 'surprising' really when one considers that, for the vast majority, Atheists have read the Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy, aka bible, exactly as anyone would read any other book, etc, i.e. cover to cover, word for word, line by line, page by page, etc, and NOT Cherry picking their way through it as do the Faithfools.
Perhaps the meme below may help explain it as well.

I think if you're the kind of person the questions everything;

really studies everything , you find at the end of the day you know a lot.

my mother is a lifetime Catholic I've given up trying to discuss the Bible with her she's utterly Clueless for her Christianity has been distilled down to very simple beliefs.

sort of like screamer in Animal Farm when he says'' four legs good two legs bad''

the people that need more than that tend to be studious True Believers, or atheist

My experience is that the religious take their religion on faith, and based upon what they are taught. People with more curiosity or scepticism research topics, not merely accept statements...

Constantine , the pagan , Byzantine ruler , who fought wars , increased the land he ruled , wanted to become Emperor , but was told by the Pope he would have to be come Christian first , so he did . Who later decided which of the many books would be put into the Bible . Who withheld any that either did not include extremely subservient women or who were women whom he considered evil .? That one ? Yeah !