(March 30, 2012 at 3:13 pm)Orion3T Wrote:Quote:The person im talking about was actually mad at his father and had every right to be. I think it was an extension of that relationship but the essential point remains that he was angry at something beside this externalised idea of "god".
Ok sorry, I misunderstood. Not especially familiar with C.S. Lewis other than in the Narnia sense.
I think the point was still valid, if not relevant to what you had said.
To sum up my point: People who are angry at god still believe that god exists and are just mad at him. I don't think that god exists and therefore could never be mad at something I didn't think was there. People who believe in god but are just "rebelling" against him (I HATE when they put it this way) are much more likely to relapse into religion than atheists who genuinely do not believe in the existence of god.
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
