TC33, your example of your views on god and christianity are timely, for a lot of reasons! Your point is well taken that emotion and ego are strong glue for points of view. So much emotion is associated with religion that it's often difficult to think about it clearly. After recovering from a catholic upbringing, I have recently had an epiphany like yours, except that it was not suddenly realizing there is no god, but rather, realizing that I had always known it was bunk, was being manipulated, and am damn good and ready to stop remaining silent about it. With some very astute thinkers communicating publicly about his subject lately, incredible numbers of people who are free of supernatural belief are "coming out of the closet." Out of this trend, I'm hoping for a societal Real Change of Mind, and a new, overdue, era of reason.
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