That can be a technique one may employ, but it can also be the result of a natural, conversational flow, no technique needed. The cards begin to fall that way when truth claims are being made, but aren't backed up. Or truth claims made, that only scratch the surface, of a particular issue, but are reluctant to delve deeper into the matter. Jan.
The natural beauty and bounty of a land long inhabited by non-Christians, contrasted with the ugliness and poverty of lands long inhabited by Christians, might just as easily have been conducive to some reflection on God's apparent choice of grace bestowals.
The colour of your skin and an American accent automatically makes you a Christian in some parts of the world. That and celebrating Christmas.
That is a good question. An atheist cannot know what is a Christian, because, they are atheist, in the same way a man cannot know what it is like to be a woman, because he is a man. Yet they make knowledge claims about things they cannot possible know. In this regard they are liars. jan.
Yeah, in the same way that you believe they were Christians. By saying they are Christians. You cannot be a follower of a person, or system of rules and regulations, by simply saying that you are. jan.
But people do sincerely become atheists after being Christian, some after studying to become pastors, some after being pastors. Denying this fact is not a rebuttal. You don't get any special knowledge when you become a Christian, you just adopt a faith position, which I claim is fake knowledge.