I didn't assume materialism to begin with, because I was a small child who didn't know about gods. As I grew older, religious claims and god-fervor just seemed bewilderingly pointless. I never made a choice to be an atheist. Again, if you held a gun to my head and told me that I'd better believe or else, I would of course try mightily, but I'd fail, just as you would fail if you were asked to believe in Allah or Zeus. You and I are both in serious danger of Islamic hell if Muslims are right, but that idea worries neither of us.
What is it that you think atheists are missing in their lives that religion could give them?
And why are you so determined to believe that atheism is a choice?
Now tell me what I believe and think and that I'm not a real atheist.
What is it that you think atheists are missing in their lives that religion could give them?
And why are you so determined to believe that atheism is a choice?
Now tell me what I believe and think and that I'm not a real atheist.