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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like atheist/agnostic is the default and the burden of proof rightly rests on the person or people who are asserting the existence and impact of supernatural/divine forces.

I think faith in the supernatural is a quirk of human evolution that we've used to bind ourselves into larger tribal identity groups ... and it's been pretty successful at that ... but the claims of religions that assert the supernatural don't hold up to close examination.

I was raised Catholic, tried evangelical etc ... and for many years really tried to give faith a good try, willing it to happen etc .. but in the end when I stopped 'pressing,' it just wasn't there ... which actually works just fine.

In the end (at least for me), admitting the presence of big existential questions actually brings more inner peace than all the cognitive dissonance of lying to yourself ... but I understand that doesn't work for everyone and don't begrudge people of faith pursuing what works for them. [/quote]

Lovely, Thanks.  I've heard about people like you who "try" to believe and it just doesn't work.  I look forward to the day when people are not expected to believe, or forced to believe, and when "people of faith" are not considered superior because they are able to believe in the supernatural.

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