# Christians, why the focus on the crucifixion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 30, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-the-focus-on-the-crucifixion/601305 "2011-10-30T19:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-the-focus-on-the-crucifixion/601305/49 "2011-11-04T15:19:19Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Do you really think that of all things, this complicated, highly theological and IMHO far-fetched doctrine can be a major attraction for atheists to become Christian? Nah, I don’t think so. The other way 'round, sah. Most of the people I know who became atheists were faithful enough in youth. It was usually in their teen years that they started drifting away, not because of any new information or a real change in belief, but because they simply got distracted. Life was happening, and they wanted in on it. If they were of an intellectual bent, they never bothered to _study_ Christianity. Eventually… they forget, and then imagine they were outgrowing something childish. I suppose, in a way, they did. They outgrew their young Christianity. Most never stopped to ask if there might be an adult Christianity. But in direct response to you, I would also point out that every discipine is frankly complicated, highly arcane, and usually far-fetched on ths surface to those who don’t investigate it, Physics, chemistry, economics, psychology, literature - I find any of those more difficult to grasp than Theology. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-why-the-focus-on-the-crucifixion/601305)._