I'll have to agree strongly with Paul.
I was once constantly visiting this website sometime ago and on my profile I mentioned that I was an atheist. A young girl PMed me and asked how I could not believe in god? She was quite aggressive at first. I asked what she thought of atheists and as I expected, she had a low opinion of us. But when I asked her if she really believed in god, she said "well I don't think I do". Suprised the hell out of me but skipping ahead she went on to say that she doubts the existance of god but can't come out as an atheist. Something about her religious parents. She doesn't really think little of atheists as a whole. She is one herself but a closet atheist.
I think many, and I mean MANY peope who claim to believe, only say they do to avoid discrimination.
If you brought every person who claimed to believe in god into a seperate room where their answer will be kept confidential, you might be suprised of the answer they give you when you ask them again.
I was once constantly visiting this website sometime ago and on my profile I mentioned that I was an atheist. A young girl PMed me and asked how I could not believe in god? She was quite aggressive at first. I asked what she thought of atheists and as I expected, she had a low opinion of us. But when I asked her if she really believed in god, she said "well I don't think I do". Suprised the hell out of me but skipping ahead she went on to say that she doubts the existance of god but can't come out as an atheist. Something about her religious parents. She doesn't really think little of atheists as a whole. She is one herself but a closet atheist.
I think many, and I mean MANY peope who claim to believe, only say they do to avoid discrimination.
If you brought every person who claimed to believe in god into a seperate room where their answer will be kept confidential, you might be suprised of the answer they give you when you ask them again.
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.