are Religious people mentally Ill?

StellaNova
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:05:42 +0000

Really ppl who make comments like the OP are REALLY insecure. If I did not believe in something say Unicorns, why would I feel the need to ever talk about unicorns or care about ppl who believe in unicorns?
The only reason ppl who do not believe in GOD ever talk about GOD is because they are not secure in their own beliefs. Christians don’t go around wondering about Muslims or Jews or Hindus or (gasp) Atheists, ppl choose to believe what they want.



Anecdote: When I was 7, I came to the logical conclusion that Santa Claus couldn’t exist. Of course I shared my argument with the rest of the class, not because I was “insecure” about my conclusions, I just thought they should know.

My theory is that most (not all!) religious people believe because of a “feeling”, while many (not all!) atheists have rational, logic-based reasons for their convictions. So if atheists have been more vocal than their religious counterparts on this thread, it’s because logic is easier to convey over the internet than emotion.



Bc not believing in GOD is a belief, just as any opinion about the afterlife is bc we do not know.



Is not believing in leprechauns a belief? Is believing Harry Potter is a work of fiction a belief? Is believing the President is not a disguised alien a belief? We do not know.