(March 31, 2019 at 7:21 am)Editz Wrote: "I've decided to be an atheist because religion is a prodigious pain in the arse."
I don't think I've ever heard that one before, more usually atheism comes from science in my experience (eg abiogenesis in the proximity of hydrothermal vents and the theory of evolution) and of course a lack of evidence for unicorns/leprachauns/tooth fairies/gods. It's all good though and I esteem your finding your own path - welcome!
For me I am an atheist because I have never believed.
My mum tried to make me a Christian at one point sending me to Sunday school, but I spent the whole time pointing out the flaws in the genesis story, I remember asking who Cain married after killing his bro, apparently I wasn't there to ask questions so they told my mum not to bring me back which I was more than fine with. Basically I found it all stupid and voiced that opinion throughout. And that was that, in the UK its not a big deal and my dad was apparently a lapsed catholic meaning he didn't believe but was still officially a catholic.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
