A postscript to "what happened to me"

[vulcanlogician]

Is the YouTube skeptic scene even a scene of skeptics? 

It's proof, in case we needed any, that overall, atheists are no more reasonable than any other group. They choose their beliefs based on the same sorts of bad reasons as anybody else.

And, because I identify as an atheist (because I don't believe in any gods) I ALSO "choose" my beliefs based on the same bad reasonsons as everybody else.

I like to think that Socrates said something valuable when he said, "The only thing I know is that I know nothing." But I guess I'm "choosing" that belief just as poorly as every other atheist schmuck who "chooses" a bunch of erroneous beliefs.

Hey, Belaqua! Do you think there are some of us who try to discern what is true, rather than "choosing" our beliefs? I mean. Sure. Many people "choose" their beliefs. But what about those of us who try very hard not to believe what we'd like to believe and make special efforts to figure out what is actually true?

Overall, atheists may not be any more reasonable than other groups. But that doesn't have anything to do with their atheism. It has everything to do with their "group-ness."