Because of the negative associations they have from most people's time in a religion? I guess that makes sense as a motivation, but it seems impractical. And it fits oddly with the "Us vs. Them" attitude pretty prevalent on these boards. A group of people brought together by their desire to not be in a group? Although maybe that makes enough sense.
I'm probably just making the initial point, which is I'm associating a bunch of things with Atheists that I probably shouldn't be. I do find this subset interesting though. People who find 'the truth' of it all irrelevant to how they view their relationship with the world. Whose atheism allegedly isn't a factor in their perspective. But really, isn't that how most animals behave, I suppose? You don't see cats or penguins pondering this nonsense. They just behave as they see fit. But I'm not sure humans are capable of that, even if they want to believe they are.
I'm probably just making the initial point, which is I'm associating a bunch of things with Atheists that I probably shouldn't be. I do find this subset interesting though. People who find 'the truth' of it all irrelevant to how they view their relationship with the world. Whose atheism allegedly isn't a factor in their perspective. But really, isn't that how most animals behave, I suppose? You don't see cats or penguins pondering this nonsense. They just behave as they see fit. But I'm not sure humans are capable of that, even if they want to believe they are.
