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Originally Posted by Thunderball
but kind of pathetic at the same time that many athetists dedicate themselves to convince people not to believe.
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No more pathetic than someone that dedicates themselves to convince people TO believe. It's human nature to try and share your way of thinking with others and to try and convert them over, be it over religion, lack of religion, or sports team.
However most atheists don't concern themselves with deconverting, they don't believe you go to hell for believing, they just believe you are wasting your time.
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Whether Jesus existed or not and was divine is subject to scrutiny, but by no means does it detract from the strong morals and personal value system it has created, and the numerous benefits to Western society.
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Mostly agree, though I wouldn't totally agree about the benefits to society, at least overall. It's been shown in a study that religiosity and quality of life do not go hand in hand, in fact there's a negative correlation (more religious countries in the first world democracies tend to have more homicides, teen pregnancies births and abortions, STDs, juvenile deaths, etc).