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**JesikaFclq** · 09-24-2009, 04:12 PM

So that death isn't so scary. People don't like the idea that someday they will flicker out like and everything will go dark.

Christianity became popular in an era when people thought the world was ending. wars were more frequent. the empire was crumbling, and natural disasters were occuring more frequently. the rapture was something people thought was coming sooner rather than later.

I've always found that a lazy man's philosophy. Something for those lacking in the courage of their convictions. It seems a bureaucratic response to matters better left to the head or heart. I would hope a just YHWH would have more respect for the atheist willing to commit to an actual philosophy than someone who went along only because they had nothing to loose.

that seems a pretty lazy justification for why an atheist is superior. anyone can commit to something, it doesn't make them smart or right. some people are atheists just because they are ornery. nonetheless, I'd wager that many just think it makes sense and it does, it makes as much sense as saying something came from nothing, which is what atheists are committed to.

09-24-2009, 04:12 PM	#35
JesikaFclq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	So that death isn't so scary. People don't like the idea that someday they will flicker out like and everything will go dark. Christianity became popular in an era when people thought the world was ending. wars were more frequent. the empire was crumbling, and natural disasters were occuring more frequently. the rapture was something people thought was coming sooner rather than later. I've always found that a lazy man's philosophy. Something for those lacking in the courage of their convictions. It seems a bureaucratic response to matters better left to the head or heart. I would hope a just YHWH would have more respect for the atheist willing to commit to an actual philosophy than someone who went along only because they had nothing to loose. that seems a pretty lazy justification for why an atheist is superior. anyone can commit to something, it doesn't make them smart or right. some people are atheists just because they are ornery. nonetheless, I'd wager that many just think it makes sense and it does, it makes as much sense as saying something came from nothing, which is what atheists are committed to.
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