Robyn Lebron members of different religious faiths really believe and how they express those beliefs You can learn quite a lot from books and magazines, but in the end, you can miss a lot if you don’t try to develop at least some firsthand experiences And as we stated earlier, knowledge is very important to an atheist An atheist seeking to learn more probably won’t be involved with regular attendance at a particular church; instead, they are more likely to be involved with attending a number of churches, mosques, temples, and such on an irregular basis in order to find out what they are like at different times of the year This doesn’t mean that they are considering abandoning their skepticism or critical stance vis-à-vis religion and theism; it just means that they are curious about what others believe and think that they might be able to learn something, even from those they disagree with quite strongly How many religious theists can say the same? How many religious theists take the time to attend religious services at other denominations and groups within their own faith tradition (e.g., Catholics going to Quaker services or white Episcopalians attending a black Baptist church)? How many go outside their tradition (e.g., Christians going to a mosque on Friday or Jews going to Hindu ashram)? How many people from any of these groups attend meetings of skeptics or services at a Unitarian church, which hosts primarily humanist viewpoints? Infant Baptism, Blessing Not Applicable Initiation or Confirmation There are an increasing number of atheists who are “debaptizing” themselves as a statement of their feelings They state that they were baptized as infants and didn’t have a choice Many are finding it more of a challenge than they expected to get their names off church roles The ǯ caused a sensation in the blogosphere and around the BBC after it was reported by Robert Pigott, the BBC’s religious affairs correspondent It turned into the most viewed news story of the day ~ 386 ~