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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can “rational” people not believe in entities greater than themselves?  Start there, then add details. 
Many religions explain the unexplained and provide supports of various kinds — including community— in the face of the unbearable.[/quote]

One doesn't need religion to have community. And you are asking that people start with an irrational position of faith. Lived experience and observation does not support the existence of some magical deity. Human beings in our present evolutionary form have existed for about 300,000 years. There have been innumerable religions over all those eras. Gods and beliefs change all the time. There's clearly a hunger to believe in something. That's very human. Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and so on all had their gods. That doesn't make Isis and Zeus real. [/quote]

I'm with OP. I don't understand them either. Believing maybe there is intelligent design? Possibly. That's hard to prove one way or the other yet. But the religions of the earth are very easy to prove untruthful. I remember reading that Allah only made plans for men in heaven and laughed at the thought this religion was actually thought real by so many on the earth and no one could blaspheme the person who wrote that. I have the same thoughts about the illogical teachings of Christianity and Judaism and all religions that separate men from animals although they aren't as blatantly off and required more thinking to get there. When you study history it's easy to see that all of these religions are made up by men based on the time they lived in. Whether they were all accessing some overarching God's power, who knows,  but the word for word is definitely of their own mind. I think OP the reason others don't question their beliefs is lack of thought and wish to. So while you thought and thought others just don't or won't and we are only in charge of our own mind. Why do people stay addicted? Why do people not make their bed in the morning? Why do some people think the world is flat and not test that assumption? All of these things are habits and motivation to not change. Just focus on your own life. Its hard enough to manage one life. If athiests would start better communities the people in religion that are drawn to the community aspect of faith would just come over more because they are really there for community and are too lazy to go to church and practice living a good life much less think about how to create their own spiritual community. Think about MAGA and how many people were drawn to that in the span of a few years even though it didnt exist before. Create something that is of value to you and if others find value in it too they will join. Stop obsessing about people stuck in their ways. [/quote]

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