We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.
Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.
Right, and giving up alcohol won’t cure all liver disease, but it sure does help with
suicide bombersdrunk driving.Actually, people who give up religion tend to fall into depression afterward, they’re not his reason to believe but not only is belief in religion a natural human trait, but that we evolved it for a reason.
People who give up to tobacco suffer a myriad of unpleasant effects. Clearly we evolved to smoke for a reason.
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No we didnt.