Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Post Praetorian said:
Are you happy, as an atheist? Does it content you to so be?
I am extremely glad to have been raised atheist. Our minds and our ability to reason and think for ourselves is an incredible gift, and a lot of religion seems to be about stifling critical inquiry and just accepting "truth" without question. That to me is a waste of a great gift.
^This is probably among the most ignorant, yet most frequent beliefs of atheists today. Many of the greatest minds in history have been religious, and the greatest discoveries and theories developed by the pious. I'd venture to say without shame, regardless of how arrogant it sounds, that I have a greater capacity to reason than most of this forum here. Am I the most intelligent? Likely not. Am I the most learned? Assuredly not. But I have delved into study and self-examination, into philosophy and refinement of understanding like no one I've met. I am willing to refine my theories, to question my beliefs, to examine different angles, and to entertain and acceptable seemingly contradicting possibilities with equal validity better than anyone I know. I consider my mind very gifted in this regard, and I find the snobbishness of today's Google atheists so tiresome aggravating that I can hardly describe it.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Religion/topic/13159/page/17/