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Why do so many Atheists make a religion out of their Atheism?What makes them so twitchy about a God?I think it's because of what has been called the 'God Gene'. Whether rational or irrational, we have all evolved with a need for a Jimminy Cricket to regulate our behaviour. Atheists also have a Jimminy Cricket but it gives us an internal conflict; you have to acknowledge the need to 'be good' but can't allow yourself to be told, on religious grounds, how to behave. It needs a lot of intellectual effort to be a true non-religious atheist.So no atheist should be surprised that there a people who believe in a God; it's by far the easiest way to be.
StephanI am saying that we all have strong, built-in, mechanisms which regulate behaviour. How do people explain / rationalize the results of it? They attribute it to an outside agency: God.It seems to me to be a fair enough interpretation if they don't / can't think it through.
What makes them so twitchy about a God?
If you are also asking why atheists becme irritated by religious nonsense, I can tell you that in my case it's because it's nonsense, which has the potential to corrupt minds, by blinding them to reason, enforcing ignorance, and in the worst cases, promoting evil deeds in the guise of god's will.
What do you mean by "set"? Just because things behave consistently doesn't have to imply that 'someone' designed it that way.
Quote from: sophiecentaur on 05/02/2009 08:50:09StephanI am saying that we all have strong, built-in, mechanisms which regulate behaviour. How do people explain / rationalize the results of it? They attribute it to an outside agency: God.It seems to me to be a fair enough interpretation if they don't / can't think it through.That I can agree with. It would be nice if they did think it through though.
But I object to those who claim there is a mathematical or scientific proof of the existence of a God.
Saying that we 'believe' just because we are thinking about it is totally begging the question. Your model is not the only one which can apply.
I think someone should initiate a forum dedicated to the argument between religion Vs atheism and creation Vs evolution, where all those who want to try to convert each other can do so, rather than putting up a barrage of such topics on TNS. Do religious forums have a constant barrage from evolutionists and atheists trying to convert them?
Why do you think Football is the main topic of conversation in most groups of humans?
We're trying to answer a beginning.
What was there before the singularity.
Who made the rules of the universe we live in.
The very one's this forum is all about.
Quote Why do you think Football is the main topic of conversation in most groups of humans? Now SC you can slag off those other religions as much as you like but when it comes to slagging off football well thats heresy. []Cheersjustaskin