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Boghossian's multi-page substitution chart trains readers to mentally replace every use of "faith" with "pretending to know things you don't know"

There’s a literal “Manual for Creating ATHEISTS” 00:08:13 – 00:10:49

Mike shows and reads from the chart in Boghossian's book

The book contains a 3-page chart listing common sentences using the word faith and instructing readers to mentally substitute "pretending to know things I don't know" each time. Examples: "faith in God" = "I pretend to know things I don't know about God"; "faith in science" = "you pretend to know things you don't know about science"; "faith your spouse loves you" = "pretending to know things you don't know about your spouse's love." Mike says this is deliberate brainwashing — not violent but soft, embedding false thinking through repetition.

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