RE: Near death experience of Howard Storm
January 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2016 at 3:06 pm by Cecelia.)
Except he didn't say that he felt smart because he was an Atheist. He said he was 'absolutely certain' there was no afterlife because 'that's how really smart people thought'
Yes, all atheists are different. But no Atheist becomes an atheist because it's 'cool' or 'popular' or 'smart'. Nobody "chooses" atheism. Just like nobody really 'chooses' religion. We can't really chose what we believe. No matter how much we want to. You can't choose to believe in a Pink and Gold Unicorn. Go ahead and try. If that were the only evidence for him not being an atheist, I might concede that point. But there's much more to it than just that. He definitely sounds like he's always had a theist viewpoint.
Yes, all atheists are different. But no Atheist becomes an atheist because it's 'cool' or 'popular' or 'smart'. Nobody "chooses" atheism. Just like nobody really 'chooses' religion. We can't really chose what we believe. No matter how much we want to. You can't choose to believe in a Pink and Gold Unicorn. Go ahead and try. If that were the only evidence for him not being an atheist, I might concede that point. But there's much more to it than just that. He definitely sounds like he's always had a theist viewpoint.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton