(January 8, 2016 at 4:34 pm)Evie Wrote: I am of the position nowadays that debating with theists is futile because they believe for emotional reasons.
It is not futile, and actually it is an ongoing requirement to keep religion on a leash. No, not saying everyone has to combat religion, that is a comfort issue. If you are worn out by the repetition that only means you are worn out by the repetition. But if nobody ever questioned religion the west would not be the more open and more civil society it has become. It still needs to be done as an act of maintenance by enough people. If atheists and even liberal theists never questioned religion we'd still be living in the Dark Ages.
