Has anyone noticed that most atheists on here seem to know more about religion than the followers?

Years ago I earned a Master's Degree in Early Eastern European History. A big part of that was studying the spread of religion in the area. This meant classes in comparative religion, reading the New Testament in Greek and a partial translation of the Koran in Old East Slavic, and examining religion with a critical eye. I learned a great deal about the history of the major world religions and it only hardened my atheism.

The difference is non-theists can stand back and look at the whole cloth. Theists tend to focus on the portions of their faith that justifies their lives and prejudices.

gee whiz, I only answered this same question (asked by a different person) an hour ago

So I will repeat my answer

Many atheists are former christians who have been turned off that religion by the hatred, the hypocrisy and the judgemental attitude they see amongst christians. They speak from FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE

I too have see the hatred, the lies and the hypocrisy within the christian community for myself. I grew up in a christian family - I quit the hypocritical "christian" church I was raised in before I was 20.

On occasion yes, though it's far from universal. Often, it is a matter of being more knowledgeable about certain areas.

And to the guy who thought no atheist argument could stand the test of a philosophical forum, I must ask: Why, then, are there any atheist philosophers? Surely, if no argument could stand, they would have all been swayed by now.

I don't see that at all. And if you look at the old apologetics (Augustine, Aquinas, Lewis, etc.), they are all much smarter than their contemporaries. I haven't seen any atheists here make good logically sound points. Just because they can debate doesn't mean they are right...and they don't even argue very well imo

Yahoo Answers is a terrible forum for this kind of thing anyway, I would be very surprised if any atheist arguments held up in a philosophical/theological forum, such as http://www.theologyonline.com/

Could you give me an example? I don't see this at all. I think you may just like their POV. Just because someone agrees with you doesn't make them "knowledgeable".

I have not noticed anything of the sort. The atheists here seem to know little more than their own opinions.

they know it yet they take it out of context and fail to understand the character of God.

wrong, not even close, no cookie..