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How i became atheist

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How i became atheist
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RE: How i became atheist
August 10, 2016 at 9:51 pm
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(August 10, 2016 at 6:12 pm)Torin Wrote: Don't get me wrong i love them very much, but in my opinion and many other brilliant people opinion (Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris) those beliefs are false.And those who believe in them are ignorant.

It's actually not that simple. People believe in different things, especially religion, for a variety of different reasons, and you'll find that even some of the most brilliant people are capable of believing in nonsense. There's a good book called "The Believing Brain" by Michael Shermer that does a good job of covering how our brains can be easily fooled.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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How i became atheist

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How i became atheist - by Torin - August 10, 2016 at 6:12 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by The Valkyrie - August 10, 2016 at 6:14 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by purplepurpose - August 10, 2016 at 6:22 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by Edwardo Piet - August 11, 2016 at 3:47 am
RE: How i became atheist - by pocaracas - August 10, 2016 at 6:26 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by brewer - August 10, 2016 at 6:50 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by Minimalist - August 10, 2016 at 7:04 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by PETE_ROSE - August 10, 2016 at 8:59 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by Seraphina - August 10, 2016 at 9:05 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by Faith No More - August 10, 2016 at 9:51 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by robvalue - August 11, 2016 at 3:41 am
RE: How i became atheist - by account_inactive - August 11, 2016 at 4:02 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by deleteduser12345 - August 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm
RE: How i became atheist - by Thumpalumpacus - August 11, 2016 at 4:10 pm

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