(May 13, 2011 at 4:36 pm)Whirling Moat Wrote:Right, and the belief in God has never lead to violence...Quote:Would the world be better off if all theists became atheists.
No..because the day after tommorrow there would be war everywhere.
Some people need the belief in God just to stomach the emptiness inside so taking that away from them might not be the greatest idea.
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