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Originally Posted by Knalus
The issue is there is so little actual education on the subject (in the interests of "not pushing beliefs on anyone"), that there is incredibly little intelligent discussion on the subject. Nowadays people grow up not knowing the actual basis of what religion is intended for, that the discussion often devolves - especially on the internets. I'm just pointing out something here, not trying to pick a fight. There are a lot of intelligent people who are athiests/agnostics, who have alot of good reason to be so, but the way I see it, there are a disturbing number of individuals who honestly think that religion is bad because it is about intolerance and starting wars, and us vs them, without having thought it out. That's not to say that someone who has thought it out can't believe that - there are intelligent people who believe that argument too, and they have every right to it. I just think that the level of education out there is so bad when it comes to religion, plenty of otherwise insightful people just haven't been exposed enough to have a similarily insightful discussion on this topic, either.
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I agree with lots of what you've said here. I would also like to ask an "Atheist" here, in totally good faith:
Why do some Atheists feel the need to spread their lack of beliefs?
I never understood it, so I'm looking for a real answer here. Like, for example, the bus advertisment:
What's the agenda? I think it might be "ending religion because it breeds hate" but then, through that, Atheists almost breed hate towards organized religion, so it becomes redundant!
Confusing.