(January 21, 2015 at 2:23 am)robvalue Wrote: Any atheist who does end up praying has nothing to be ashamed about anyway, it's not like we've made a promise to the God of atheism. We can do what we want. In such extreme circumstances, you would expect unusual and desperate thoughts to enter your head. I wouldn't consider this a "test" of atheism.Heck, no one's perfect, the human mind has it's non-rational tics that are hard to control. I disbelieve in the supernatural but sometimes I hear a noise at night and think, "G-G-G-Ghosts!!" I have to trick myself into calming down by telling myself my pet cat would notice danger before I would.
It's really all about what you at the end of the day honestly believe or don't believe in and how you act based on that.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
