Friday, November 16, 2007
Understanding Atheism
Those who become agnostic or atheist often say that it was due to an intellectual journey or an intellectually honest re-appraisal of childhood faith. But, as my mentor David L. McMillen used to say, "People rarely understand their own motivations." -- Mike Adams, townhall.com, 10/29/07
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Look at the idea of "god" which is widespread in the USA, especially on the "right" side of the culture wars.
It is essentially the nieve, self-serving, and entirely, mommy-daddy "creator" god. The big daddy parental deity in the sky who is going to look after and protect his frightened children from the boogey man, the frightening "other".
The boogey man "other" that used to be the INJUNS. Then the reds, communists, and atheists. Now the liberals, humanists, atheists, relativists, and of course the towel-heads.
Anonymous seems to be saying (I think) that the need for G-d arises out of fear. Some may be led to religious belief to assuage their fears, I agree. My xperience with faith has been more along the lines of question, answer, and profoundly deep feelings of assurance communicated with love. I suspect this is the more common motivation among believers, but, as Mr. Adams said, understanding of our own motivations is elusive.
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