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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are lots of atheists whose minds need "proof" of religious concepts, but they haven't found it. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. It's just a different set of mental requirements.

[b]Sure, a strict religious background will cause some people to rebel.
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There are also plenty of atheists who share that basic human need for a tribal identity. I don't think that's necessarily bad either. Celebrate your own choices. It's only bad when you start bullying people of faith as a way of solidifying your own choices.

There is a subset of atheists who need to feel victimized and persecuted and seem to seek it out even where it may not exist (like the recent Christmas thread). In their case, the root of the problem probably lies elsewhere in their lives and and many could probably benefit from help.

Signed, a religious person[/quote]

The thing is, most people don't come from a strict religious background nowadays.  So we're talking a very small, Deliverance-esque subset of people for whom atheism would be a "rebellion" [/quote]

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