RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
November 25, 2016 at 7:18 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2016 at 7:19 pm by henryp.)
(November 24, 2016 at 9:23 pm)Balaco Wrote: On another quick note, why do you guys suppose Christianity has grown so complex? I've been sent dozens of videos that have to total to at least 12 hours, and I'm sure there's countless more across the Internet.
One of these is a 2.5 hour video on how magicians prove the existence of demons. Haven't looked too much into it but it seems like all the tricks it showed have explanations over the Internet.
From my atheist perspective, religions being more complicated makes a ton of sense. It's the same reason that there are so many flavors of soda. There's a market for it. And as time has progressed, it's become a buyer's market. I could go out and choose whatever I want, so religions have to change the way they are to meet the needs of the populace.
And people are all over the map. Some want to just have a nice background religion that says to be nice and they get to go to heaven with grandma. Some people want to hate other people. Some want to feel a part of a select group.
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And to answer the original question, there's really only one reason to become atheist.
1) The positives of being religious are outweighed by the negatives.
If being catholic is better than you think not being catholic would be, then stay catholic. That's a lot easier if you believe in Catholicism, and think you're going to heaven. But even if you don't believe in God, you might like the ceremony of church on Sunday or the slight hope it might all be real.
