Theists are Insecure

[The Grand Nudger]

A freethinking bright...lol. I'm am neither freethinking, nor necessarily bright, 90% of the time (ask my wife). It's difficult for me to believe anything I'm told at face value, always has been. I'm also habitually antagonistic. While some of this is likely my upbringing, it would be unfair to our species to claim that none of this is hardwired. If we were slaves to whatever times we were born in matters of belief, then what spring did all of the many revisions to religions flow from? I may have been amenable to the idea of Zues, but probably not in all of his particulars (nor did every greek believe in the gods, if you weren't already aware of this, atheism is as old as any religious tradition you see before you today. Older, if you consider how long we've been here vs how long we've been bowing to gods). Who are you to say I wouldn't have been exactly who I am now, simply with less evidence behind my complete and utter lack of belief? They had no more reason to believe in Zues than you have to believe in your god (or the ridiculous claims attached to your prophet). Why do you feel compelled to defend their motivations for belief (and yes, this would seem to be an indicator of insecurity...in my estimation. If you must defend the superstitions of others to excuse your own)? But again, how you seem does not necessarily equate to how you feel.