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Comment author: orthonormal 01 March 2013 03:20:08AM *  0 points [-]

I find it very plausible that Christians are better able to pretend to be atheists than vice versa.

I instantly did a double-take at this statement. It depends a lot on context.

I'd find it likely that the Christian readers of Patheos blogs are better at the Ideological Turing Test than the atheist readers of Patheos blogs. However, I'd find it incredibly unlikely if the samples were drawn from, say, all American Christians and all American atheists. (The typical Christian in America has listened to fewer atheists about atheism than vice versa.)

Comment author: fubarobfusco 01 March 2013 06:07:06AM -1 points [-]

(The typical Christian in America has listened to fewer atheists about atheism than vice versa.)

Sure — if only for the same reason that the typical left-handed tennis player has played with more right-handed tennis players than vice versa. There are a lot more Christians!

Comment author: orthonormal 03 March 2013 11:17:53PM 0 points [-]

Yes, that's all I was saying.