(July 19, 2012 at 3:35 am)Selliedjoup Wrote:(July 18, 2012 at 10:36 am)Stimbo Wrote: Never been religious, never felt the urge. Never really encountered this stuff until I got onto the internet (talk about a baptism of fire...)
I can see no reason to be an active atheist(e.g. posting here) if religion has had no impact in your life.
Why?
That doesn't make any sense to me at all. I haven't had any severe impact from religion throughout my life in any form, other than digust at the occasional church proclivity that involves hatred of gays, veterans, or protects child rapists.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell