XPost: alt.atheism, sci.skeptic   
   From: DesignDenier@wmconnect.com   
      
   George Plimpton  wrote:   
   > >>>> Fuckwit is playing you like a fucking violin...because you want to be   
   > >>>> played.   
   > >>   
   > >>> You're a fool.   
   > >>   
   > >> non sequitur   
   > >   
   > > Why would that be?Look it up, time-waster.   
      
   "Well, if atheism's so great, why are there so many theists?"   
      
   Unfortunately, the popularity of a belief has little to do with how   
   "correct" it is, or whether it "works"; consider how many people believe   
   in astrology, graphology, and other pseudosciences.   
      
   Many atheists feel that it is simply a human weakness to want to believe   
   in gods. Certainly in many primitive human societies, religion allows   
   the people to deal with phenomena that they do not adequately   
   understand.   
      
   Of course, there's more to religion than that. In the industrialized   
   world, we find people believing in religious explanations of phenomena   
   even when there are perfectly adequate natural explanations. Religion   
   may have started as a means of attempting to explain the world, but   
   nowadays it serves other purposes as well. For instance, for many people   
   religion fulfills a social function, providing a sense of community and   
   belonging.   
      
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