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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't believe in anything, what is life to you?

A chance to experience some highs and thrills before you decompose?[/quote]

Pretty much. Also a chance to give to others, learn and see as much as I can, and try make the world a better place at least in my little corner of it.

I've never understood the concept of doing good to gain some eternal reward. That just makes no sense to me at all.

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Are you unaware that this is not what Christianity teaches?[/quote]

No.  Because most atheist/agnostics stopped learning about religion when they first started to question it around age nine or ten. If they ever learned anything about it at all.  So they think that adults believe in the way that we teach religion to children.  That’s why they think religious people are a bunch of morons.  
It’s like if you stopped reading anything new in second grade, and you believed that people who love to read are reading the equivalent of Frog and Toad and Mrs Pigglewiggle.  Of course you would say things like, “I learn about life from experiencing it.  Reading about it from the eyes of some random author is a waste of time.  I just don’t think there is much to be learned from magical fictional characters.” [/quote]

Not true. Atheists/agnostics are the most knowledgeable about religion (along with Mormons) -- because they tend to study it thoroughly before giving it up.  There are a few child atheists, but most don't quit religion until they are adults and can make decisions for themselves.[/quote]

I think that this path is very rare.  Not many people continue to believe throughout adolescence and young adulthood, then get very interested in religion and start reading and learning more, then discover that it is all bunk and give it up as mature adults.

I really think that nearly everyone starts to question around 10 or so.  The questioning continues for a lot of people into adolescence.  Then in early adulthood, many people get a little lazy about going to church when their parents aren't there anymore.  Then as people get married and have children, they either wander back into the church, or they decide they are athiest/agnostic.  Only the people who wander back in begin to really learn about it as adults.  
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Not universally true by any stretch of the imagination. I'm not a Christian believer, never have been, but I've studied the Bible as literature; I've studied it as history; I've studied it as an essential Western cultural touchstone. I've studied other religions as well and regularly read both their own literature and writings about them. Why? Because they're a shaping force in culture, politics, and daily life, so it benefits me to understand them.

As long as you're intellectually curious, it's quite easy to remain well-informed about any religion. Belief is not a prerequisite.[/quote]

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