My view as an atheist is that we are all born atheist. Do we have magical visions of jesus or "god" in our heads when we reach a state of consciousness? No we do not. Those stories are implanted into our minds by people who have read a certain book. A book wrote by man using man created language. There is nothing mystical or magical about the bible at all. Now if the book floated around and flew threw walls and the information in the book could be transferred to your brain instantly then it might have some magical properties. But the FACT is, it was a book wrote by man based on previous writings of man before him. If we don't know about jesus when we are born, how are we suppose to save ourselves from hell? Did all native Americans and all humans before christ all go to hell by default because they did not know of the "great" book. No they did not. They died, their bodies ceased to be a living organism on how we define living. They decomposed back into the earth and started the cycle of energy conservation all over again.
We use our minds to define the physical properties of this universe, we take what we can actually see touch smell and hear to make rational observations about the world around us and how we should interact with it.
We use our minds to define the physical properties of this universe, we take what we can actually see touch smell and hear to make rational observations about the world around us and how we should interact with it.
"...the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world."
- Carl Sagan
