(September 8, 2012 at 1:53 pm)Polaris Wrote: You will find European atheists outside of England (maybe Scotland as well) don't really care about atheism the way Americans do....they don't aim to have atheism become a replacement for religion, they just aim to live their lives without giving a fuck about religion one way or the other....that is one of many reasons why atheism has had so much success in Europe compared to the United States.
Why waste your life trying to disprove religion when you can simply live your life? That's what is so attractive about them.
As a Brit who has always lived in England, religion isn't often mentioned. Those who are religious tend to keep it to themselves, and some that believe in god couldn't give a shit about religion. If we had religious nuts shoving their shit down our throats regularly, things probably would of been much different. The difference between here and the US is that the religious tend to keep their shit to themselves....usually.
Seeing as no one really cares about religion, even many of the religious there isn't a problem. Also there is never a need to try and disprove religion because religious claims have never been proven to begin with. Just dismiss it as baseless shit.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
