Just Don't Get It

[Egor]

I just can't understand why people still believe in religion.
As young as 10 I can remember being forced to say prayers and sing hymns in school and even at that age thinking it was all a load of nonsense.

"At the age of three I looked to the stars and realized they were just burning hydrogen--no God."

I just don't get why so many people don't reach the point when they grow up of disbelief in Christian beliefs, given the lack of evidence. Its beyond irrational.

Lack of evidence? In what? The whole Western World is built on Christianity. Maybe you just don't have the intellectual capacity to read the Gospels and understand them. Maybe for you it's just all about being forced to pray at age 10. So, I'm sorry, who didn't grow up?

Another part is the unwillingness to give up the warm fuzzy blanket that gives their life purpose. Many people would rather just believe in god rather than try to discover any evidence for one. The fear of there being no father figure in the sky that micromanages their lives for the best possible outcome is too hard for some to face.

You know, as a Christian, I have spent my entire life trying to figure out what my purpose was, what I was created to do. It's been a source of great existential angst. At 47, I think I might have it figured out--I think. But an atheist just gets to give all that pressure up. They never have to live up to any purpose, because in a cold chaotic universe, there is no purpose.

Evidently for a lot of people thats true.
But I just can't relate to that.

I never could believe in it, even when I tried to when I was a kid.
It all just seems ridiculous to me even as a child.

I can't force myself to believe something because I want to.

Then your sensory mind is stronger than your will. You believe only as you are stimulated to believe. Not very impressive really. Faith is actually a higher form of mental functioning.