Religion had good intentions, but nature has better

[Confused Ape]

I'm going back to the opening post.

Religion had good intentions to make humans feel certain and safe, but nature has it's way regardless. We're all victim to consciousness and rational.

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Hmm, after thought: political ideologies do the same. But is this ideal? Is there a black and white answer for humanity and will it make us happy?

Religion didn't/doesn't have any intentions because it's a human invention. This takes us back to humans. All we can say is that some religious people had/have good intentions while others didn't/don't. Some atheists have good intentions while others don't.

Some people believe in a higher power without following any religion. Some atheists try to create a dogma out of a lack of belief in deities.

So, yes, atheism in itself is neutral but it all goes back to human nature in the end.

Humans have a tendency to divide the world into black and white when it's really shades of grey. Atheists are humans and the really scary ones took this division to extremes with their insistence that all religion is bad and atheism is good.

So what is atheism, really? We have one view of it in this forum where we're looking at it from the point of view of philosophy. Atheist maniacal douchebags have a different view of atheism. If they get into power, their view will be the 'correct one' and people who disagree will be in a lot of trouble.