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Originally Posted by peter12
It is crazy-ish. Lots of interesting gems in here.
As I have said before, I am really, really astounded as to how certain many atheists are as to the most important questions asked by human beings throughout history.
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I'm surprised by your surprise. Certainty is an interesting word for it; it's simply a belief predicated on a lack of evidence for any alternative possibility. If such compelling evidence presents itself, I suspect that's all it would take for people to change their minds.
There is no good reason to believe, or even remain open to the possible truth of, any sort of numinous crap on bad evidence.
As for questions asked by human beings throughout history, human beings throughout history have generally been exceedingly stupid. Most human beings still are. Pattern-seeking and an inability to cope with gaps in understanding are a part of how the human mind seems to have evolved, so it's hardly surprising that our first attempts to explain the workings of the universe involve some really dumb guesses made in the absence of any real data.