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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the definition of religion on Merriam-Webster 
A cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.
I think a lot of atheists use faith to describe what caused the Big Bang by saying something came from nothing.
To believe in this something came from nothing you have to belong in the religion of Atheism.[/quote]

Math and physics are the opposite of religion and faith.  Sorry, OP.  [/quote]

Definitely not tire.

Many good scientists have religious beliefs.

Science and religion are not the opposite of each but address different aspects of truth and the knowledge forms are different.[/quote]

[b]Scientists are human, and humans are susceptible to the same weakness[/b]- the desire to believe they are special, that they have the answers to the unknowable, that there is some point to their suffering, that some omniscient parent figure can make the pain go away if they just follow certain rules. It’s humbling that, for all the ways we’ve evolved and all the amazing things our big brains can accomplish, we’ve also inherited a desire to kill each other and isolate into pods based on things that are completely unknowable and beyond proof.

God doesn’t come to people naturally. [b]If you don’t indoctrinate children at a young age, most of them just view God and religion as nonsense. [/b]

I am an atheist, but not a nasty one. I’m not going to judge people for what they do in weakness. Humans are just prone to wishful thinking in times of desperation. Most of the time it hurts no one, maybe even helps. Occasionally it inspires selfish amoral people to rise above themselves. Whatever gets you through the night and all that.

I consider myself more of an anti-religionist because religion preys on weakness and often has a heavy hand in creating the misery in the world it claims to ameliorate. That’s just facts, sorry. Plus the whole shoving their nonsense down people’s throats and bullying nonbelievers thing. Religionists always claim they want to be left alone in peace, but most really want to control and dominate. It’s not surprising to me that religious posters on here project their deficiencies onto atheists. They probably can’t imagine a world where someone with a viewpoint doesn’t want to control everyone because they’ve never seen it.[/quote]

Exactly [/quote]

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