When you get rid of one thing it makes room for another.

The facts are this: when people are devoid of religion...they
generally stink as humans.

Until atheism can replace theist based religion as a VIABLE and REAL
way to inner peace, with a reverence of humanity, it can never take
over the world and extinguish religion.

When you get rid of one thing, it makes room for another.

Sure atheist can succeed at pointing to the flaws of religious
thought, but they have nothing to replace the flaws with.

So theists choose the lesser of two evils while on earth, with the
hopes of hitting the jackpot in the hereafter.

When atheists become successes at 'the religion of humanity,' you may
become more successful at replacing theist based religion.

Until that time..."a mans mind may be likened to a garden which may be
intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether
cultivated or neglected, it must and will bring forth. If no useful
seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless 'weed seeds' will
fall therein and will continue to produce their kind." ~ James Allen

And religion does a good job at controlling the weeds.

"V" aol.com> wrote in message
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When you get rid of smallpox, what does it make room for?

On Dec 27, 4:15 pm, V aol.com> wrote:

Appeal to Tradition is a fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that
something is better or correct simply because it is older,
traditional, or "always has been done."

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:26:03 -0600, "Denis Loubet" io.com>
wrote:

Health.

On Dec 27, 10:57 pm, Michael Gray newsguy.com> wrote:

Nice....me like.

On Dec 28, 1:57 am, Michael Gray newsguy.com> wrote:

In V's case, alcohol..

PDW

On Dec 27, 11:57 pm, Michael Gray newsguy.com> wrote:

...which paves the way for more sickness.

W : )

V wrote:

I haven't found that to be the case. In my local atheist group, I've
encountered dozens of atheists, and among them, only one of the asshole
variety. Compare that to the vast array of disagreeable, nasty religious
nut cases who have tried to disrupt our meetings, and I think the
religious crowd tends to look a lot less appealing.

On Dec 28, 12:01 am, Wordsmith rocketmail.com> wrote:

Yep, health causes sickness. Up causes down. West causes East.
Nothing causes everything. You get the idea. It's bizarro world.

Atheism needs to produce some good religious experience stories (including music and rituals).
Human brains need that sort of thing.
Science and science fiction provide some of that, but are not sufficient.