Set aside the rejection of "organized religion" for a moment, and focus on your decision to believe that there is no God. I will accept there is no hard evidence of the existence of God. I personally choose to believe in God because I recognize that my faith in God has a powerful positive effect in my life. For that reason I choose to believe in my own conception of God and wonder why others would choose to reject God and not take this option.
My reasoning - Atheism delivers no emotional payload - it doesn’t unite people, doesn’t calm our mortal fears, doesn't promise justice or peace in the afterlife, doesn’t give instruction on values, doesn’t give meaning to life, doesn't give you someone to thank, nor someone to ask for forgiveness.
Don't you ever just have a powerful emotional experience and want to thank the lord for the gift of life? If your an atheist, who do you thank?
Also, what if you were born a slave, would you choose to believe in God then?
2007-10-02
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