An alternative to atheist thought

[Astonished]

Since basically anything involving deity-like spirits and that kind of woo crap is an alternative to atheist thought, the thread title is not a lie, but it's entirely pointless. Unless the alternative is something that goes beyond something like rational skepticism and produces something even more viable than science, we've already either left that behind or never picked up that crappy baggage in the first place.

How about shooting for something less moronic next time, like "An EVEN MORE DESIRABLE alternative to atheist thought." That way you might manage to trick someone into thinking you've got something there.

All the crap about evil can be chalked up to natural things, no need for a supernatural personification of it or literal darkness within us or our 'souls'. Our reptilian brains, adrenaline, instincts, all that shit, plus mental illnesses, susceptibility to REALLY shitty ideas in our youth that never seem to let go for most people (case in point, the OP), it's not that hard to account for it. And knowing the ACTUAL cause of this shit is a great way to suppressing or minimizing the harm it does. Believing you've got a demon bat biting your balls and making you short-tempered as a result is hardly conducive to figuring out one's problem and solving it.