(May 6, 2016 at 2:22 am)robvalue Wrote: Even those that aren't indoctrinated often live in societies saturated with Christian mythology. Even in England, where Christianity is dying a slow death, there's fucking churches everywhere. Jesus this, Jesus that. There's always Christians around saying stuff about Jesus and Christianity. It's on TV, it's on the radio.
So if someone does end up mentally caving, it's not surprising that they generally happen to adopt the religion they've been exposed to all that time. In later life, it seems to mostly happen when someone has a very difficult experience and maybe this erodes their mental defences. They feel vulnerable and lost, and (maybe with the "help" of some devouts) they find some comfort and hope in religion. Some theists are like vultures and will exploit people's weaknesses, we see it all the time on this forum.
It's just a religion, though. Religious people seem to forget that there are loads of them, and that's only counting the ones around at the moment.
You think anyone would ever "find Jesus" if they didn't have people going on about him all the time? If they never even heard of him? Fucking no chance. Zero. They'd just turn to some other religion, if that's what they needed. Jesus and Yahweh, like all gods, exist only as long as people keep spreading myths about them.
Social pressure can be a bitch in highly religious areas, too. Some people may play along just for a quiet life.
How do you explain the growth of Christianity in China? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...years.html
