(January 19, 2018 at 12:32 am)Tizheruk Wrote:Quote:Atheism is attempting self hypnosis, it is trying to convince oneself of somethinNope it requires no self convincing . Quite the opposite it not being able to convince yourself to maintain a lie.
I think you may be right.
Atheism was a natural reaction against (false) religion in the first place. France 1790 AD.
But I think they threw the baby out with the bath water.
When I say self hypnosis, I am talking about the fight against the conscience, which doesn't necessarily correlate with religious impositions (of the corrupt church/es).
From what I have read, there is a natural connection to God, which may be occluded by false religion, but remains intact until further notice.
This means that people who claim to be atheists, are not necessarily cut off from God as religions would like to promote.