Why Should Someone Be an Atheist?

[Angrboda]

My suspicions are, that moderates like you and Rayaan, choose your stances in order to fly under the radar, to gain acceptance, while dissembling from your true feelings.

I am afraid that your suspicions about me are not actually correct, apo. I don't know why you have that suspicion, but maybe it's because you don't see me trying to defend my religious views as frequently as other theists do. Is that the reason?

Well, as some members are aware, I've already made many posts where I discussed the teachings, history, and the principles of my religion and why I believe in them. I've debated both Christians and atheists in this forum. And sometimes it takes me a lot of time to write my posts, and on top of that I also do a lot of research before I post something, which takes me even more time to complete them. The thing is that I just don't discuss religion as much as before but that doesn't mean that I'm a schmoozer in a sheep's clothing who is just "pandering to atheists." I don't know what exactly makes you think that, so I'm curious to know.

In my first two years of membership here, I used to jump in and start discussing in almost every thread in the Islamic section. But, as time went on, I became a little more reticent with regards to religious discussions especially because I have already said most of the things I wanted to say about my beliefs. And maybe that's why, nowadays, I come here more for the purpose of just having some fun and excitement during my leisure time. At the same time, I do give serious and constructive responses whenever I feel like it, like I did before in this thread and this thread.

Perhaps it's simply a mistaken impression. Our time here has not overlapped, and I have little experience of you, other than to note that, when our paths have crossed, you've struck me as someone who is not a particularly gifted thinker. Perhaps we simply haven't met on appropriate ground. We seem to travel in different circles, and my suspicions such as they are could certainly use more data to found them more securely. All the same, people see my reasoning abilities and presume those are my strength. They are not. My intuition far outstrips my reasoning ability in power and depth. And so, for now, I follow my intuition about you. I'm sure you can appreciate that I have a habit of being right about such things, and of necessity must place my faith in that, rather than in your protestations which, I'm sure are well meaning, but could be every bit as deluded as your nonsensical conspiracy theory views about 9/11. You do not come with bona fides that I can accept at this time.