(February 22, 2016 at 9:19 am)robvalue Wrote: I put about 90% of it down to indoctrination and/or being soaked in mythology. I agree that it very much resembles a child-like form of thinking, which part of their brain has become trapped in. "Arguments" they put forward are just rationalizations for their emotionally based belief.
I recently posted a video from Darkmatter2525 which covers this exact topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y201QzDdzbg
Fascinating video indeed! I guess my question is, how am I different? We both went through the same indoctrination, and I honestly consider them way smarter than myself. Heck, At a certain point I was even a Salafist....
"organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority" -- Richard Dawkins