15th March 2003, 9:34 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Darunia
That's a very well thought-out concept, DJ, but I don't agree. Religion is just primitive man trying to explain things in nature. Atheists are far more abundant now than in the past. An atheist in medieval europe would've been lynched. I still have enough faith that one day, people who kneel and pray will realize that they're getting no response, and will gradually stop it. Humanity started without religion; it developed it as a tool to ease the transition from mindless ape into evolved human. Now that we're so far along, the tool seems as outmoded as a shoe wedge...it's still widely used, and technically serves a purpose, but who REALLY needs a show wedge.
Did that last thing make any sense...?
If atheists were still lynched today, there probably wouldn't be many either. And there would be more back then if they werent. Your theory is flawed simply because you don't quite understand how people think.
And as I said before, atheism is just as much a religion as anything.
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