mazeroni Wrote:To me the core of Atheism is the desire to remove religion from humanity because it impedes on our evolution of rational thought,
For some atheists yes, but not all of them. Many of us would just like to see religion quit influencing our lives such as politicians wanting to impliment biblical law. I don't care what people believe as long as those believes don't impede on my life.
Some of their beliefs, however, can be outright dangerous. Like the people that believe global warming can't be true becuase it would cause the polar ice caps to melt, flooding the world, and god promised in the bible that he would never flood the world again. These are the kind of things that almost all atheists would like to put an end to.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
