(March 11, 2013 at 9:15 am)Gabriel Syme Wrote: As per title, why are atheists so utterly consumed / obsessed by religion?
At the time of writing, the number of posts on this site are:
atheism: 1559
religiion: 3186
philosophy: 403
Religion is the clear winner, beating even the other two combined. Seems quite odd to me.
If I was an atheist, religion would be the last thing I would talk about.
So why is religion so popular here? Is it because Atheism is fundamentally empty, and correspondingly has no topics to discuss within itself?
(I suppose I could understand it better, if the discussion about religion was at least accurate and informed, but in my experience thus far it is anything but accurate and informed)
Dont say - "oh its because religion has such power over my life", because unless you like in Saudi Arabia or Iran, thats an absurd thing to say.
Look forward to hearing your point of view.
Why? 9/11, the Dark Ages, pedeophile priests, Muslims in Pakistan burning Christian houses. Christians blaming gays and liberals for Katrina.
Not to mention no one in human history has one lick of evidence for their invisible friends.
If I murdered someone because I thought Mickey Mouse was real, you'd put me in a rubber room. But claim a non material magical super brain with super powers and start a cult based on it, people call that a virtue.
As long as people are willing to kill over religion, it would be stupid to take your eyes off of it.
