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Originally Posted by Cheese
if you believe that Christians or Muslims live their lives based on the tenets of the bible or the Quran and not what they are "told" to believe by their local Priests, clergy or Imams based on "their definition of the particular tome they preach", then I have a bridge to sell you.
Most people are far to busy in their daily lives to actually read, understand and practice what they have read, leaving that to the leaders of the various theistic practice they follow. Thus the term, a flock of sheep.
Quite frankly the vast majority of atheists are those who have taken the time to read and understand those books.
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While I generally agree with those points, I fail to see what exactly are you suggesting we do about it? You can't force people to be interested in this stuff, and it's not like priests/imams are currently discouraging people to read the holy texts.