RE: Is being an atheist important to you?
February 4, 2019 at 7:20 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2019 at 7:24 pm by Acrobat.)
(February 4, 2019 at 7:10 pm)PRJA93 Wrote:(February 2, 2019 at 12:49 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Yet, we don’t see you on an “afariest” forum, gathering together in groups of “afariest”, or even feeling compelled to use any such label to identify who you are..
Because enough time has passed for people to realize that there's no reason to actually believe that fairies exist. Just as enough time has passed for people to realize that Zeus is just a myth. A little more time will pass and eventually Christianity will enter into the "Religious Mythology" category.
Also, how is it so hard for you to believe that some people simply don't think about the fact that they're atheists? I mean, they're right here telling you, "It's not important to me" and instead of simply taking their word for it, you ramble on about brain scans which you've yet to cite your source for. Are you just disingenuous on purpose or are you really that stupid? I honestly don't believe you're that dumb, do let's see some sources that you feel back your claims, or you can kindly take your nonsense elsewhere.
People have been saying that for a very long time, yet religions as a global phenomenon has been going strong, while it might be on the decline in the west, it’s growing in places like China, Africa, etc...
Secondly even in the west were the trend is a rejection of traditional religions, this generally doesn’t correspond to atheism, but a sort benign new age woo, of folks like Opera, and Gwenyth Paltrow, and Deepak Chopra, Jordan Peterson, etc...
In fact it seems that while the four horsemen and stuff were prominent figures a decade ago, they’ve all pretty much faded away, or been plagued by some sex scandal. They” same demographic that was once the heart of atheism, white males, have shifted to new arenas, such as anti-feminism, and anti-pc culture, often aligning themselves with conservatives.
(February 4, 2019 at 7:10 pm)PRJA93 Wrote:(February 2, 2019 at 12:49 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Yet, we don’t see you on an “afariest” forum, gathering together in groups of “afariest”, or even feeling compelled to use any such label to identify who you are..
Because enough time has passed for people to realize that there's no reason to actually believe that fairies exist. Just as enough time has passed for people to realize that Zeus is just a myth. A little more time will pass and eventually Christianity will enter into the "Religious Mythology" category.
Also, how is it so hard for you to believe that some people simply don't think about the fact that they're atheists? I mean, they're right here telling you, "It's not important to me" and instead of simply taking their word for it, you ramble on about brain scans which you've yet to cite your source for. Are you just disingenuous on purpose or are you really that stupid? I honestly don't believe you're that dumb, do let's see some sources that you feel back your claims, or you can kindly take your nonsense elsewhere.
People are horrible at self reporting. But brain scans suggest otherwise, similiar regions of the brain light up when confirming one’s theistic or atheistic beliefs, areas corresponding to our sense of self. Our rewards center also light up when doing so.
It also doesn’t take a genius, to realize that atheists often see themselves as very different than their religious counterparts,as clear, rational thinkers, compared to the rest of humanity whose deluded, and believes in fairy tales and myths, they alone possess the truth. That’s a pretty distinct sense of self.
