Everyone is afraid of death, but many of these religious nutjobs are so afraid, they think that their God will save them and lead them to heaven. The idea of God allows them to hold them to the delusion that they get special place after their death.
Why not have that line of thinking? Being terrified of death is natural it's the ceasing of exsistance. It's a feeling that magnified by the fact that humans can comprehend what ceasing to exsist means in the real world. So a religious belief to hold on to is a optimistic thought process.
Isaac Newton was a Christian. Was he weak minded? This idea that people who practice a religion are ignorant or weak-minded or naive or delusional or whatever other thing is nothing more than bigotry.
How does Newton's christian beliefs support your case? Most people in the old ages used to be religious, atheists did exist but had to live in hiding lest they be tortured and killed for their ideas. Newton may be a smart guy academically but he was a human too( not immune to fear of death)
By the way, newton used to believe in alchemy too.
I'd hardly call Newton's time "the old ages", he was alive from the mid-1600's to the early 1700's. Yes, Newton believed in alchemy, but so did most people in his time. That doesn't make him any less intelligent. But you don't like Newton as an example? Fine. How about Charles Babbage? Or Thomas Jefferson? Or Gregor Mendel? Were they all "weak-minded"? Or "delusional"? Even today, only 7% of the world's population is atheist. Are you seriously suggesting that 93% of the population of earth is "weak-minded" and "delusional"? It's bigotry and nothing more.
Atheism before the modern age did exsist but it was commonly thought that it was a very stupid thing to practice. I dont know if you are aware but life fucking sucks for humans all the way up to the modern era. To believe in nothing was too stupid to a choice to make.
do you think religion is a crutch used to deny the meaninglessness of life?
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Im not religious and im afraid of death.
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Everyone is afraid of death, but many of these religious nutjobs are so afraid, they think that their God will save them and lead them to heaven. The idea of God allows them to hold them to the delusion that they get special place after their death.
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Why not have that line of thinking? Being terrified of death is natural it's the ceasing of exsistance. It's a feeling that magnified by the fact that humans can comprehend what ceasing to exsist means in the real world. So a religious belief to hold on to is a optimistic thought process.
Stop being an arrogant dick.
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Because it is a delusion for the weak minded. Better face the reality head on.
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Isaac Newton was a Christian. Was he weak minded? This idea that people who practice a religion are ignorant or weak-minded or naive or delusional or whatever other thing is nothing more than bigotry.
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How does Newton's christian beliefs support your case? Most people in the old ages used to be religious, atheists did exist but had to live in hiding lest they be tortured and killed for their ideas. Newton may be a smart guy academically but he was a human too( not immune to fear of death)
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I'd hardly call Newton's time "the old ages", he was alive from the mid-1600's to the early 1700's. Yes, Newton believed in alchemy, but so did most people in his time. That doesn't make him any less intelligent. But you don't like Newton as an example? Fine. How about Charles Babbage? Or Thomas Jefferson? Or Gregor Mendel? Were they all "weak-minded"? Or "delusional"? Even today, only 7% of the world's population is atheist. Are you seriously suggesting that 93% of the population of earth is "weak-minded" and "delusional"? It's bigotry and nothing more.
Atheism before the modern age did exsist but it was commonly thought that it was a very stupid thing to practice. I dont know if you are aware but life fucking sucks for humans all the way up to the modern era. To believe in nothing was too stupid to a choice to make.