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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thread in which atheists and anti-theists are desperately trying to pretend they don’t care about religion or God or other people’s beliefs while desperately desperately worrying about religion, God, and other people’s beliefs 24/7/365. One would think they would have better things to do, but apparently, they center their lives worrying and debating and being focused on religious people. [/quote]

You keep posting this canard in every thread, and it is just as silly every time.

Atheists post here because they care about what is true.  Many atheists think religion is a problem and that logic needs to be exhibited to combat the problem.

No one says they don’t care.  Despite your claim.  Which is a lie.[/quote]

You are free to think whatever you want. But most smart atheists know that Christianity is the foundation of western civilization, even if they don’t actually believe in god themselves. [/quote]

Really, what are you saying about Christianity?  It absolutely has an important place in western civilization, and that's not a reason to believe in it.  The Greek and the Roman civilizations, with all their gods, which we call mythology now,  could be also called the foundation of western civilization.  We rightly give the Greeks and the Romans a lot of credit  for their foundational roles in western civilization and no one believes in their gods any more.[/quote]

All I am saying is that most of the atheists posting have never thought critically about why they believe the things that they do. They are particularly ignorant of how their beliefs fit into the larger arc of history and evolution.

Takes such as “Christianity oppresses women and therefore is bad” are so unbelievably ill-considered that they are barely worth engaging with.

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And what about most religious people posting here?  Have they thought critically about why they believe what they do?  Have they thought about how their beliefs fit into the larger arc of history and evolution?  If they have and are still religious, it could be because they fear death and want to believe that they'll live in heaven for eternity.  It's a nice thought, but it's hard to imagine what they would do for eternity.
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I'm one of the religious (religious, not Christian) posters here and, yes, I reevaluated and changed my beliefs as a teen and again an adult and again more recently as I am raising my own kids (though less fundamentally this time than the first two times). Part of that reevaluation included thinking about how my religious beliefs fit with my understanding of history and science/nature and human nature. I don't believe in life after death, so I'm not just religious because I fear death, and I'm not just blindly doing what I grew up with. I don't think you are giving people enough credit.[/quote]

Will you say what religion you are that does not have a belief in life after death, or is that perhaps your personal belief and not part of your religion?  I would certainly like to know about this religion.  I know of Jews who say they don't believe in God or life after death, but they identify as Jewish and practice Judaism, at least to some extent.

Whatever, I think you are very unusual.[/quote]

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