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Atheism on the rise!
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We're taking over the world!
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter 
We'll see how that works out.
<insert profound quote here>
It can only be an improvement from what you fuckers managed!
 (February 7, 2018 at 12:11 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: We'll see how that works out. That is generally how things work. Mind you, the trend so far is not particularly positive on the theist end.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
 
It's a slow process, but maybe, just maybe, superstition will decline and current religions will be seen like we now see the Greek and Roman religions: as cute stories with no real truth value.
'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. ![[Image: we_have_already_compared_the_benefits_of...493986.png]](https://quotes.wiki/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/we_have_already_compared_the_benefits_of_theology_and_science_when_the_theologian_governed_the_world_it_was_covered_with_huts_and_493986.png) Fuck religion.  RE: Atheism on the rise!
February 7, 2018 at 6:54 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2018 at 7:32 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 7, 2018 at 12:11 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: We'll see how that works out. There are already some pretty good examples of how it 'works out'. Most of the countries with the highest percentage of atheists in their population, have: among the lowest crime rates, poverty rates, highest education levels, lowest infant mortality, maximum freedoms, and more. They are also among the happiest countries in the world. A person in Denmark has a much better chance for real upward mobility than someone in the US. The USA has a murder rate of 4.88 per 100,000. Sweden is 1.15 per 100,000. The US is about 85% Christian, Sweden is about 80% atheist. Norway's murder rate is about .56 per 100,000. They are about 70% atheist. Netherlands murder rate is about .71 per 100K. They are about 44% atheist. Hell, even Vietnam, at 80% atheist, has a murder rate of 1.52 per 100K. The top 10 happiest countries in the world, all have a substantially higher percentage of atheist, than the USA for example. So, the experiment has already been done. We win! You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
And then of course there is the cesspool of the islamic world.
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