…Actually, all christians are alike in that they all believe the same silly made-up storys, and on principle believe things(creation, virgin births, talking bushes, etc) that can clearly be dis-proven by science, and verifiable history. So I mean there’s that similarity, no…
First off, I am an Atheist. However, I am mostly in agreement with inthefade. I never really understood why Atheists feel that it is so important to “point out the obvious” to the religious. I mean, it’s great that we are so enlightened. But what I have come to understand is that my Atheism is just another belief. I don’t REALLY know. I believe myself to be reasonable and rest my hat in things that make sense. However, so do those that have faith in a religion. In fact, I have run across quite a few people that I respect and admire, that believe in some form of religion and I certainly wouldn’t call them ignorant of science in any sense. I can debate with them all day on this point and it will go absolutely no where. At the end of the day, it all comes down to faith in what I believe and what they believe in what is currently unknowable. Perhaps someday these answers to the unknowable questions will have an answer. For now, we all just shrug and look at each other and blink.
Science has answered a lot of questions that religion filled the void for in the past. And as time progresses, I believe that the way religion currently is will eventually pass away. I mean Christians, specifically, are mostly picking and choosing from the bible what they want anyway. The whole “God = love” and ignoring the wrath thing from his younger years bullshit. I see religion as a sort of evolutionary step in our forming of a society. But I don’t think it was exactly necessary, I think it helped us adapt and deal with the fear of the unknown. But as we uncover these unknowns, these fears are alleviated, we can move on and realize that “god” was us all along.
That is my two cents.
