Why I'm Still a Christian

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And the idea that this life is actually negligible in the grand scheme of things is fucking dangerous. Every time someone makes a decision involving someone dying, because it's OK that they are going on to the "rest of their life", they've just cost someone the only life we have any reason to believe they actually have.

Weird though it is, atheists can easily value life a fuck load more, because we are all in on this life. We don't bank on there being anything else. So that means not just us, but everyone around us, is important. Their feelings and their life is important. If I thought this was all just a little game and it's just a matter of getting to the next level, I dread to think what I would be like. [Obviously not every atheist will be this way! But I know a whole lot are.]