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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an atheist, I don't hate believers. I think religion offers many people many important things. We teach our kids to be intolerant of intolerance, so we teach acceptance of differing views. Do I ultimately think believers are drinking the cool-aid? Yes, honestly I do. [b]I actually hope I am wrong, because the idea of heaven/utopia sounds really cool.[/b] Too bad I'll be in hell. 
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Most respondents seem to be atheists themselves.  As a Catholic I'll try to answer OP's question, knowing it probably opens me up to be slammed.

See the bolded part of PP's statement.  She "hopes she's wrong", and I suppose that I feel badly for her that she doesn't have faith in something since I truly believe that she is wrong.    It's more sadness on my part of how alone "you" must feel in times of great stress, wondering if you have moments of "all of this doesn't matter" since you have no faith in a God or heaven or afterlife or ultimate salvation.  It's not condescension, so don't take it that way.  It's more of a "wow, how can you NOT believe when you see the magic mystery that is creation, the universe, evolution, human development, structure of a snowflake, etc...  How can you believe it's all just random without a *more* behind it?"

I don't judge you, although I do get tired of the many anti-Catholic, anti-Christian or unkind and offensive use of language that I've often seen by atheists on DCUM.  
Does that answer your question?[/quote]

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