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I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?
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RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God?
February 5, 2016 at 1:32 am
(February 4, 2016 at 10:10 pm)athrock Wrote: Turns out it's pretty hard to believe in nothing when your psyche is wired for faith.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/postevery...age%2Fcard

After reading the article, my questions are:

Why on God's green earth is the human brain wired for faith when our development is the result of purely evolutionary processes with no supreme being involved at all?

Is it possible that God gave us brains that are pre-wired for receptivity to His existence to make it easier for us to believe in Him?

The article only suggested that our brains are wired for belief. That would also include superstitious beliefs, as well as paranoid beliefs; which were without a doubt, essential to our primitive ancestors' survival.

You and others may prefer to view this as evidence of your god pre-wiring our brains towards faith. It could just as readily be viewed as evidence that the personal relationship theists claim to have with their "God" is simply the result of brain circuitry, correct? 

There's no denying it now, Athrock. It's all in your head!
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I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by athrock - February 4, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Chad32 - February 4, 2016 at 10:23 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by brewer - February 4, 2016 at 11:50 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 1:06 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 5:26 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 5:51 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Athene - February 5, 2016 at 1:32 am
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Jackie - February 5, 2016 at 11:11 am
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 6:03 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 6:28 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 5:20 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 7:23 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Cato - February 5, 2016 at 8:59 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Heat - February 6, 2016 at 11:20 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Heat - February 6, 2016 at 9:53 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Heat - February 6, 2016 at 11:16 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Athene - February 6, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Jackie - February 10, 2016 at 10:34 am
I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by LadyForCamus - February 10, 2016 at 10:19 am
I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by LadyForCamus - February 10, 2016 at 10:34 am
I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by LadyForCamus - February 10, 2016 at 10:34 am
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Jackie - February 10, 2016 at 10:38 am
I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by LadyForCamus - February 10, 2016 at 10:42 am
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Iroscato - February 10, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Jackie - February 10, 2016 at 1:14 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by Jackie - February 20, 2016 at 4:27 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by comet - February 20, 2016 at 4:04 pm
RE: I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? - by IATIA - February 21, 2016 at 10:37 am

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