(June 21, 2015 at 2:06 pm)Twisted Wrote: I think if everyone suddenly becomes an Atheist somehow then the world would become a disaster because most people are religious and they believe that they would do all sorts of vile stuff if God was not watching over them
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People say that, and seem to sincerely believe it, but when they actually lose their religion, that is not what happens. In other words, their prediction is wrong, just like their other beliefs were wrong.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
