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<blockquote data-quote="sip" data-source="post: 295791" data-attributes="member: 2419"><p>What I have found funny (through experience) was an incident involving a proselytizing, hard-core athiest (a bit like Dawkins actually), who was up an untethered ladder (before health & safety days). He fell some 8 or 10 feet to the ground and the first thing to come out of his mouth wasn't a scream or anything -- he simply called out "Oh God, Oh my Lord" (I'm sure he wasn't cursing or being blasphemous).</p><p></p><p>He stopped preaching his own brand of fundamentalist atheism after that.</p><p></p><p>The point is that, <em>very deep in our conscience or psyche</em>, human beings are programmed to believe in a superior or supreme being. Human arrogance suppresses that need to "have faith", and my own take on this is that atheism is as much a belief system (or faith) as any other. The other issue regarding religion/faith is that our world is very materialistic and religion teaches against this.</p><p></p><p>I blame Margaret Thatcher for promoting the self... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sip, post: 295791, member: 2419"] What I have found funny (through experience) was an incident involving a proselytizing, hard-core athiest (a bit like Dawkins actually), who was up an untethered ladder (before health & safety days). He fell some 8 or 10 feet to the ground and the first thing to come out of his mouth wasn't a scream or anything -- he simply called out "Oh God, Oh my Lord" (I'm sure he wasn't cursing or being blasphemous). He stopped preaching his own brand of fundamentalist atheism after that. The point is that, [i]very deep in our conscience or psyche[/i], human beings are programmed to believe in a superior or supreme being. Human arrogance suppresses that need to "have faith", and my own take on this is that atheism is as much a belief system (or faith) as any other. The other issue regarding religion/faith is that our world is very materialistic and religion teaches against this. I blame Margaret Thatcher for promoting the self... :D [/QUOTE]
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