(February 1, 2019 at 10:09 pm)Macoleco Wrote: It is important to me. It means I escaped from an indoctrination most people never leave. And it is also an achievement for humanity, in the sense that society and science has progress enough to the point I could inform myself about religion, helping me to make the decision.
I agree; I also tend to see it this way. I personally think it's a bit courageous to declare oneself an atheist in a society where there are still places you can't even hold public office if you are one (at least here in the US). I also tend to agree with Dawkins in The God Delusion when he expresses the sentiment about atheists who "believe in belief," saying, "These vicarious second-order believers are often more zealous than the real thing." These 'I believe in belief atheists' are tough to listen to and I totally get the feeling that they give the religious a pass as a way to avoid rocking the boat. But I believe that at this point, we should be rocking the boat and challenging these archaic, nonsense fairytales.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
