# Are there believers here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355 "2013-08-28T01:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355/101 "2013-09-01T01:36:01Z")

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> [@Kaio](#):
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> Yeah, I’m pretty sick of the assumption that one has to be a Christian in order to be a “believer.”

Indeed. It is nothing less than complete and utter arrogance on the part of many Christians, who then can’t understand why others seem so put off about joining their church.

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**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-believers-here/667355/102 "2013-09-01T07:03:22Z")

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To be fair, it’s not just the Christians. There are plenty of threads on this board where the atheists make the same assumption. There are very few religion threads here which aren’t _de facto_ Christian vs. atheist, as if those are the only two available choices.

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