Calling it into question...

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there is no proof that stands up to inquiry. So why then does the idea of religion persist? The answer is fear and to a lesser extent lazyness.
We are blessed(cursed) with sentience. We can live life like other beasts (eating,drinking,mating) for only so long before everyone that lives long enough asks...why? Why are we here? How did all this come about? What happens after death. All of this is conveniently explained by religion and so comfort is attained.
All of this would be well enough but someone somewhere got the idea that they could use this fear to control people's lives. It worked for most but not all.
Carry on atheist. Know that you are the bravest of us all.

Where is laziness in proclaiming good acts and knowledge of Universal good?
Where is gravity in numbers. I stand alone and with all at once. My efforts are the opposite of lazy in that I am physically drained afterwards. Indeed, what I do is work for good.

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Ahh and there's the excuse... once again.. you don't want to have to back up what you say. You seem to do that a lot. I've noticed that. But hey, I'm not the one who brought it back up, but in typical narcissistic fashion, you somehow have managed to blameshift that onto me. Funny. Because the proof that you brought it back up is a few posts up. Nice try though. You amuse me.

That makes sense. You didn't inquire to me first on this thread, and the Last? I'm not hear to offend anyone. It is a side effect.