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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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5. Religion is completely un-natural.

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 04:39 PM

Feb 2016

Well, not completely.

I think it's perfectly natural to anthropomorphize nature and the things in it. But your intellect should tell you that it IS just anthropomorphizing when careful observation, experimentation and confirmation show you otherwise.

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How to become an atheist..... [View all] Playinghardball Feb 2016 OP

Even if I DID believe in god, I would be an atheist. Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #1

That worked for my mother Warpy Feb 2016 #2

The scientific(!!!) answer is to keep using your natural-born way of thinking. DetlefK Feb 2016 #3

Religion is completely un-natural. AlbertCat Feb 2016 #5

Everyone is BORN an atheist ... it's only social programming that turns them otherwise. eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #4