(May 5, 2013 at 12:42 pm)Luminox Wrote: In this article, this seems to be the case (namely that it is a defense mechanism), but it is in my opinion far-fetched and unnecessary to label all atheists as criminals (due to a lack of convincing evidence for this particular statement).
The problem is that in order to maintain their religious beliefs(god is the source of all things good), they are required to make far-fetched and unnecessary statements that don't actually reflect reality. I have simply come to accept this as part of being an atheist.
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
