Oh, You Talk to God, That’s Cool! I Need Some Answers

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That's refreshing to hear 80s To be honest, you sound like an atheist too. But far be it from me to try and rake people in Being an atheist isn't about being certain, it's simply about being less than convinced.

My concerns about people carrying on with an irrational religious belief, not all of which will apply to everybody:

1) The more beliefs you hold for bad reasons, the more likely you are to believe more things for bad reasons.

2) The further away from reality your internal model is, the more likely you are to make suboptimal decisions which affect you and those around you.

3) Wasting time, energy and money on an imaginary belief system.

4) Devalueing this one and only life because of belief in a much better afterlife.

5) Indoctrinating children, teaching religious belief as fact. This is demonstrably potentially harmful, and takes away their ability to choose for themselves (at least through early childhood) when done early on.

6) Forcing beliefs onto others, treating others less well for not sharing your beliefs, all the way up to killing people.

Now I'm sure very few of those apply to you, 80s