[A]theism is a very diverse phenomenon. Many atheists are, theologically, fundamentalists under the skin, often having the most childish and literalistic notions of what Scripture says...Some atheists are simply confirmed in cold hard pride. Some are honest people who just can’t, for the life of them, see what theists are talking about when they speak of their belief in and experience of the supernatural. And that just scratches the surface of the various causes of atheism.
So it’s important to have a handle, not just on the philosophical and intellectual reasons for atheism, but also on this pastoral dimension, as well. Very often, when somebody says, “I don’t believe in God,” they mean, “I am very angry at someone who hurt me.”
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And we eat babies- how can you forget the baby eating? I mean, you have all the other stereotypes, why did you miss the truly vile one? Disappointing.
Anyway, it is worth pointing out that this is all entirely irrelevant to whether or not atheism is true. Which, we can agree is the important point.
By true, I mean are there any reasons to believe in God? The answer turns out to be no.
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