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

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Balaco: Indeed, it's a catch-all excuse to say that whatever God does, he must be justified.

Why it's assumed God would have our best interest at heart, I don't know. Evidence points very much to the contrary, and that's all we have. I guess if people are going to imagine something into existence, they want it to be comforting.

This is the problem with a dictatorship though. You can easily say the same about Mental Guy X who takes control of a country by force. Propaganda is then spread to the effect that anything he orders is justified, because he's the ruler, and the ruler "has your best interests at heart". Anyone who disagrees is taken away and killed. Kids are indoctrinated into this mindset for their own safety.

God doesn't even get the "means to an end" excuse though, because he's usually all powerful. That means he could achieve whatever the goal is without giving AIDS to babies.

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