Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?

[robvalue]

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My single biggest piece of advice is to try and become comfortable with the phrase, "I don't know". For example, science has not determined exactly where our reality came from, whether it was created or whether it is eternal. In other words, I don't know. Some people are so uncomfortable or unsatisfifed with this answer that they'd rather seek any answer at all, even if it's just a magical story. Accepting prepackaged simple answers based on no evidence can be comforting, but it's also dangerous because you stop searching for a real answer. Science may never be able to answer certain questions, but that doesn't make it any more valid to try and guess. There are several working hypotheses of course, all of which are at least based on observations and are all much more credible than anything religion has ever produced.

The other question I'd ask is why you'd want to be a part of a religion. For me, even if I knew for certain "God" exists, whatever that means, I'd still want nothing to do with any religion. If I could form some sort of sensible relationship with it, I'd do so, but I don't need groups of people telling me how to do it. If there's a problem with communication, and there clearly is, then I think the supposedly superpowered all knowing being is much better suited to address it than me, a relatively powerless talking ape stuck to a rock. If it's a test, it's a really stupid one and I'm not interested in celestial hide and seek. A test to see if I'll believe what my parents told me despite there being no evidence of it?

My YouTube channel is robvalue, I have loads of videos on there about many aspects of religion, science, atheism and scepticism, if you'd like to check it out. As well as some dumb comedy Here's one for starters.