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Good point. It is quite typical for atheists to argue logically about whether its rational to believe in the existence of God given current evidence and so on.
by olavk 15y ago
Good point. It is quite typical for atheists to argue logically about whether its rational to believe in the existence of God given current evidence and so on. But for most religions people, the attraction of religion is the social context, traditions and rituals and the feeling that things happen for a reason and there is a fundamental purpose for everything.
Some atheists seem to believe that people follow religions because of their belief in some of the religions dogmas - so if you can argue that the dogma is wrong or irrational, people will realize their folly and stop following the religions. But it is the other way around. People believe the dogmas because it is part of their religion.