Perhaps atheists smirk because we have come to see life for the big, cosmic joke that it is. We, as humans, seem to have the struggle to find meaning built into our DNA, and when searching for that meaning we pulled back the curtian to find that no wizard is at the controls. The sane person smirks at that, becuase not to would drive that person insane.
Or maybe we're always stoned.
Or maybe we're always stoned.
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
