If you think you've "converted" from Christianity to atheism, then with all due respect you haven't. What you've done are shed the shackles of a cultural fairy tale. You haven't added or changed anything, only removed a psychological impediment to your clear thinking.
And, to me, that answers your OP. From an individual perspective, clear thinking can be harmful; if you spend all your time trying to understand your mind and your life, you may end up sitting under a tree and meditating, rather than paying bills and making and feeding offspring. From a social perspective, obviously leaders do NOT want people sitting around thinking about what really matter in life, and what is right or wrong, because bowing down to some alpha-male dick and building his castle for him is probably not going to come up top on your list of fun things to do.
And, to me, that answers your OP. From an individual perspective, clear thinking can be harmful; if you spend all your time trying to understand your mind and your life, you may end up sitting under a tree and meditating, rather than paying bills and making and feeding offspring. From a social perspective, obviously leaders do NOT want people sitting around thinking about what really matter in life, and what is right or wrong, because bowing down to some alpha-male dick and building his castle for him is probably not going to come up top on your list of fun things to do.
