Does anybody else feel sorry for religious people?

[watchamadoodle]

Atheists tend to know plenty more about the scriptures than christians. And we can read what the words actually say, without automatically translating them into what we want them to say, or what Pastor Dumbass had told us they mean.

I know enough about the bible to rip it to shreds from just about any angle, and never once do I receive anything close to a coherent response from theists. The best they can come up with is that God doesn't mean what he says. In other words, they don't care what is written as God is shit at writing.

When Christians study the Bible and theology in depth they often lose faith. That probably explains why many atheists seem to have a superior understanding of Christianity - they used to be the smartest Christians. I wasn't that type of Christian though. I tried, but I was not knowledgable and not successful in improving myself.

I went to Catholic church last night with my mother. I felt a bit sorry for people, but I also enjoyed the service, and I actually envied them for believing in something - even if it is false. A person needs things to believe in IMO. Atheism is just the absence of theism, so it doesn't substitute. Probably people who have a healthier mental state are more happy as atheists, because they have other things to think about when religion is gone.