Anonymous
Post 09/16/2015 02:22     Subject: Atheists and Agnostics, can you explain why you don't believe in a "God"?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
RantingAtheist wrote:
Anonymous wrote:God is just a silly concept.


It obviously provides something to people--otherwise religous beliefs wouldn't be so viral. It's interesting though, that those numbers keep falling, at least in the developed world. Probably has a lot to do with other social outlets that have arisen in the last few decades. (TV, then internet, etc...)


Religious beliefs over the past 2,000 years have been helped along by childhood indoctrination and severe punishments for not believing. Now that that's changing, the virus is subsiding. rapidly.


To each their own. We're part of a vibrant faith community and love it.


And someday if you change your minds, you can leave the faith community and still be accepted as responsible citizens because you like in a country (hopefully) that does not require everyone to belong to a religion.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2015 19:32     Subject: Atheists and Agnostics, can you explain why you don't believe in a "God"?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
RantingAtheist wrote:
Anonymous wrote:God is just a silly concept.


It obviously provides something to people--otherwise religous beliefs wouldn't be so viral. It's interesting though, that those numbers keep falling, at least in the developed world. Probably has a lot to do with other social outlets that have arisen in the last few decades. (TV, then internet, etc...)


Religious beliefs over the past 2,000 years have been helped along by childhood indoctrination and severe punishments for not believing. Now that that's changing, the virus is subsiding. rapidly.


To each their own. We're part of a vibrant faith community and love it.


And that's your prerogative. DH and I are part of a vibrant tennis community and a vibrant music scene. I was raised Catholic but grew out of it; DH was raised non-religious. Neither of us feel any need to involve the supernatural in our lives. The universe is sufficiently amazing in its own right.