(May 22, 2013 at 1:34 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Are you equating the detriment from a hard drug addiction to living life as an atheist?I wanted to relate in to something real in my own life rather than make-up something. That was what came to mind. So while it's not the best analogy, I would say in response, if anything, atheism is more like a gateway drug in the sense that allows one to rationalize letting deeper sins into one's life or not recognizing ones' current sins. "If life is just a meaningless electro-chemical reaction then why not _____?" I think the threat of an purely intellectual atheism is relatively minor, since most retain some sense of goodness and truth without realizing the source. But the anti-theist, the kind that pisses and moans about "In God We Trust" on money*, has a real problem and he undermines the faith of the vulnerable.
To be fair, a twisted person can justify all kinds of horrors with a perverted interpretation of even the most benign faith. Which only goes to show that there are many ways to fail and few to succeed.
(May 22, 2013 at 1:18 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: ...the hard truth opens you up to how others perceive and feel about it.Touche.
*I could care less myself about what's on the money, its just money.