An Ideological Turing Test for Atheists and Christians

[butterbattle]

Here's something really cool.

15 people were asked 4 questions on god and religion. They are composed of atheists who are answering the questions honestly, and Christians who are pretending to be atheists. Can you tell the difference?

http://friendlyatheist.com/2011/07/08/an-ideological-turing-test-for-atheists-and-christians/

Voting ends in about 9 hours from when I'm posting this.

 

[BlackLight]

I can't really tell the difference. I'm not even sure how valid the test really is. In my opinion, one of the byproducts of ecumenism is that it allows "soft Christians" to find their voice. I've met self-identified Christians who don't think they need to believe that God is divine, that Jesus was His son, or that Jesus was even male.

When you can call yourself a Christian and not even hold yourself to some of the most critical bits of the dogma, pretending to write as an atheist would shouldn't prove much of a challenge. One way to improve the test is to use only hardline, convicted Christians.

 

[nemesiss]

i think it's not that easy to spot a few, but you can tell by the choice of words which might be the non-athiests...

im pretty sure, that #11 is actually a christian
http://www.unequally-yoked.com/2011/07/turing-atheist-answer-11.html

#2, #4, #13 and #14 might also be christians

 

[Shaedys]

I just read the first 2.
But my guess would be that #2 is a christian.

 

[Netheralian]

They didn't seem to be the usual Christians I speak too - those guys really stand out.

 

[butterbattle]

Time for voting was extended.

When you can call yourself a Christian and not even hold yourself to some of the most critical bits of the dogma, pretending to write as an atheist would shouldn't prove much of a challenge. One way to improve the test is to use only hardline, convicted Christians.

There's also the fact that it's not really a "turing test," in that the Christians are able to research each question online and think about the subject for an extended period of time. So, it's testing how much time they put into it just as much as how much they actually know and understand. I imagine that it would be exponentially easier to tell the difference if you could talk to them face to face.