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spiderplanetMaybe everyone doesn't already know this, here's the heads up. The "bitter" atheist who prayed to god and didn't have their prayers answered is a TV character, but not a real life person. It's just a stereotype.
All of the atheists I know choose not to be religious because theology is silly and nonsensical. A person realizes that all of the religions contradict each other, or contradict themselves, or seem mythological, or seem utterly bizarre once a person knows a little bit of science...
It's true that the big three Abrahamic religions have some seriously perverse and unpleasant doctrine about gay people, women, and people who eat shellfish. That's just *more* proof that religion is created by humans with very petty concerns, or maybe food allergies, but it's not the reason that people choose not to worship any deities.
All religions reject all gods other than their own. Atheists only go one god further.
Other things on TV that aren't real:
All adult women over 40 are not manipulative and evil.
Everyone who lives in the city is not going to steal your car.
Dogs can't really talk.
All of the atheists I know choose not to be religious because theology is silly and nonsensical. A person realizes that all of the religions contradict each other, or contradict themselves, or seem mythological, or seem utterly bizarre once a person knows a little bit of science...
It's true that the big three Abrahamic religions have some seriously perverse and unpleasant doctrine about gay people, women, and people who eat shellfish. That's just *more* proof that religion is created by humans with very petty concerns, or maybe food allergies, but it's not the reason that people choose not to worship any deities.
All religions reject all gods other than their own. Atheists only go one god further.
Other things on TV that aren't real:
All adult women over 40 are not manipulative and evil.
Everyone who lives in the city is not going to steal your car.
Dogs can't really talk.
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Date: 2010-10-15 06:32 pm (UTC)