In the course of a conversation in another forum I inquired of an atheist (http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1388621936/64#64):
"As a 4%er (at least in the U.S.) how many years, months, days, hours, or minutes, have you spent in the study of scripture, related archaeology, and such as fulfilled Bible prophecy, from which you have drawn your conclusions?
http://www.islamandthetruth.com/bible_prophecy.htm
http://www.zionismchristian.com/zionism_in_christianity.htm
To which a couple (http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1388621936/77#77) of non-substantive replies were offered, and so I asked again (http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1388621936/79#79):
"How much time did you spend in study of the things of the Spirit of God, like scripture, related history, archaeological evidence, fulfilled prophecy and the like, before you made your decision not to believe in God?"
Responded to with the anticipated reply (http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1388621936/80#80):
"None at all. Doesn't interest me."
To which I responded (http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1388621936/81#81):
"So how many other things, have you made such a firm and committed decision about, through self-imposed abject ignorance to the subject?"