(January 4, 2024 at 4:48 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: There’s nothing stopping atheists from being religious. There’s nothing in particular driving atheists toward any specific religion, either. While it’s often fun to consider what benefits a particular religion could have or religious thinking in general might provide (whether that’s practical/social/evolutionary), it’s not a very good description of why people are religious, assume a religion, or leave one.
We don’t think to ourselves “what can I get out of this” when apprehending our religious convictions. Thats a transactional superstition and if anyone thinks it’s compelling consider the inanity of trying to convert by bargaining. Or the misery of those who had very clear and existential reasons to assume a particular reason…and still refused.
There’s only one reason to be religious, no matter what the religion is. A deep and genuine conviction in whatever the religion is.
You are my favorite person out of this entire forum, if there were one critical thinker to be found, it would be you.
