Spin-Off Question: Religious people what would you do differently if you were an Atheist

[Hannibal Flavius]

Originally Posted by AREQUIPA

Like pretty much everything about humans, it is a mix of evolved instinct and nurture or teaching. There is obviously some kind of instinct in humans that makes them receptive to the idea of a big invisible human that is in charge.

The tenets, rites and dogmas of particular forms of reverence for this being are individually taught by parents, or if they don't, by the religion, if they have managed to gain control of the schools.

I was reading something about how they were looking into people of faith and asking questions like,'' We know he's retarded cause he believes, so what is triggering these retards to believe?''

You find people like me with serious O.C.D. or temporal lobe epilepsy and all of us have a freakish bible thing going on with design and numbers, and the chances of being mentality disabled like that and not having a religious side is like nill.

I am not saying that I am mentally disabled cause I see it like a gift and wouldn't understand how other people think, but I have just noticed that everyone like me is a religious nut, maybe there is something in the brain.

[willingsniper]

I know two people that have suffered brain trauma that became religious after without ever having been religious before.