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Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
(November 24, 2016 at 10:00 pm)Brian37 Wrote: To answer the question in the title of the thread, it isn't a matter of "why should you leave being a Catholic" but "what good reason do you have to hold any religion in the world".

Our species is 200,000 years old, much older than any written religion or borders.  Our planet is 4 billion years old making us a mere fraction of the time of the planet's existence.  A planet in which the time of evolution starting has had 5 mass extinctions of which 99% of life in that time has gone extinct.

Our sun is only 1 of billions of suns in our galaxy alone. It is a galaxy so big it takes 1 ray of light 100,000 years to cross. That is only 1 galaxy of 100s of billions of galaxies in our observable universe that is 13.8 billion years old. Now if you are going to ask me if I think all that was put here for us, I will answer rightfully, NO. Now if you are going to ask me if humans make religions and god claims up because it gives them a false sense of comfort, again, I will rightfully answer yes.

It makes sense that humans made those bad guesses in antiquity when they didn't know any better, but we have much better  tools to measure nature and the universe now.

So again, and this goes for any religion past or present, other than someone sold it to you, or you like it, why do you feel the need to have one at all?

You inspired me.



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RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist? - by Minimalist - November 24, 2016 at 11:21 pm

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