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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some atheists here criticize religion, but when it comes down to it they have their doubts and therefore hope that in the end they will have a chance to see for themselves that God is real and choose differently.[/quote]

Doubt is a natural part of faith.  People of faith are very open about that. Sometimes it's hard to believe some of the miracles of Christianity, but God rewards those who do. Atheists, who by definition have rejected  (or never accepted) religion, don't have to work at  taking things on faith.[/quote]

How self centered.

I have faith in the ultimate good of man. I have faith every morning that I live in a society where I won't get murdered the moment I set foot out my door. I don't know this for sure. People do get murdered on a daily basis,[b] yet I have faith that on the whole, people are good to each other. [/b]

It's hard to believe the miracles of Christianity because there is no evidence for it. There is no evidence for God, and no evidence that there will be a reward to believe. Religion is a collection of baseless assertions hiding behind "faith".

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Well, then, you're a fool.

People at their base are completely self-serving. Every positive emotion/ action -- including things like empathy -- has to be taught. Have you ever raised a child? If so, you'd know that. We are not born wanting to love other people.[/quote]

Children have to be taught a lot of things and children also have an innate sense of morality -- lots of living things do, including our primate cousins, who are not taught.

religion is not needed for any of this.[/quote]

Sorry, but this is simply not true. There is no "innate" sense of morality. There may be individual definitions of morality but that is hardly the same thing.[/quote]

Yes, there is an innate sense of morality that primate have http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.html?pagewanted=all[/quote]

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