Atheists: out of curiosity, how many of you have seriously studied Christian theology?

I attended a fundamentalist high school, decided that God was calling me to be a minister, then attended a fundamentalist college (although it was bordering on more moderate evangelicalism), then attended Baptist Bible Seminary in Pennsylvania, then later attended The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

I've studied Greek and Hebrew at the postgraduate level.

A seed of doubt was first sown while I was in seminary studying the evil, evil practice of textual criticism, when I realized it wasn't so evil.

Why DID Matthew--who followed Jesus around for three years--have to crib Mark's notes to write his own Gospel? It doesn't make sense. I mashed these doubts down for over a decade, but eventually a sh*t-ton of other inconsistencies and absurdities gradually convinced me that the Christianity I'd been steeped in from birth could not possibly be true.

I studied it, but my attitute was one of nonchalance

I've studied it, and that study is what led me to atheism.

About 20 years worth. In a nutshell, god exists and you accept the fantasies from a proven fantasy as real.

How do you "seriously study" something someone else has imagined?

"We pretend, but we are SERIOUS!"

LMAO

I've studied it, and that study is what led me to atheism.

I don't know what you mean by "seriously studied". I was a Christian and I had Bible studies classes at school. But I probably learned more about the Bible as an atheist than I ever did as a Christian.

I studied it, but my attitute was one of nonchalance

Theists: out of curiosity, how many of you have you seriously studied leprechaunology?

Studied it, have had over 20 articles published about the subject, two books, with more book deals. Christianity is nonsense and the Bible is a childish book of lies and violent myths.