Amusing how everyone piles on Godschild, but ignores all the unsupported assertions of the OP.
While I can understand your sentiment as an atheist, your assessment is overly simplistic.
(April 15, 2013 at 5:45 pm)frz Wrote: ...theists, deists and pagans alike know well...the belief in a god/s is farfetched ...Do I? I know some others have asserted that believers are deluded. Prove that believers actually know god is far-fetched as opposed to personal delusions, fraud, crowd control or even maybe actually responding to a spiritual influence. You can not.
(April 15, 2013 at 5:45 pm)frz Wrote: ...It is more than filling a void and having some kind of moral ground and meaning to life but, rather their ambition to live beyond the grave. All religious people, I believe, have this great fear of death. ...they make it their priority to cling to this idea of god/s ...to give them hope, hope of a happy ever after...You mention ambition. What like climbing the spiritual corporate later to a bigger office? In my experience very few believers accept God simply because they fear death. Most find it very enriching. It enlightens daily living and gives purpose to work. Religion gives a community structure seeking common charitable goals. And yes, it provides care and comfort to people who are dying and in distress.
While I can understand your sentiment as an atheist, your assessment is overly simplistic.
