afrawfraw
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Atheism has no doctrines. That's how. Without being introduced to information which can not be questioned, we act on what we observe, not what we don't.I'm sure that's how it would be, having had you best me all my life in physical contest, I'd turn to being the man behind the curtain, enjoying your protection and manipulating your superstitions. This suggests it is the natural, prototype state. Even connecting sex with birth must be far in the future.
It's a bit bald however to suggest that one day a guy made fire and was the magic man. The first magic man figured out out to bring fire back to camp. Then there were ages of just guarding fire. I am interested in what proof you have that the natural state is atheist
and not merely agnostic.
Agnostics have information on deities. Without that information, they would be Atheists. Atheist simply means no belief in Gods. Neither religion hater, nor science nerd, nor antagonist. Just no belief.
You believe even in a secluded room, raised from birth with no knowledge of any Gods, a human will suddenly invent religion. No. Religion is not society, or values, or family. It's a group of ideas never to be questioned, ever. Pretty lame to me. My first clue is when someone says, "trust me." That's when I run.
"The first thing to understand about religion is that it does not activate one particular capacity in the mind, a “religious module” or system that would create the complex set of beliefs and norms we usually call religion."
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/why_is_religion_natural/
So while it has integrated itself into our nature it is in fact, unnatural to participate in religion. You MUST have external knowledge (Remember, can't be questioned) to be religious.
"Refutation is more difficult than belief. It takes greater effort to challenge and rethink established notions than just accept them. Besides, in most domains of culture we just absorb other people’s notions. Religion is no exception. If everyone round about you says that there are invisible dead people around, and everyone acts accordingly, it would take a much greater effort to try and verify such claims than it takes to accept them, if only provisionally."
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