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I was just thinking:

I really dislike the fact that atheism is becoming a youthful trend. I am happy that the idea is being broadcasted, and that some people are actually questioning their beliefs, but I fear that making atheism a "cool" youthful rebellion is undermining it.  

I do not want to see a world in which the people are atheists because it is the norm--as many people are religious because that is what everyone else is. I don't want an atheistic population of sheeple. So many kids are just saying "Yea, god is silly, I'm an atheist!" and I think that it undermines what being an atheist really is.  

It is not disdain for theism, no. It is, rather, individual thought and making decisions for one's self. I am happier with a theist who holds that position after deep forethought than an atheist who just thinks religion is silly. and I think that the popularization of atheism is leading down the road of the latter.  

Eh. Maybe not. Whatever.  
/rant.

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An interesting posit.  I assume that any people denying supernatural agents for any reason is good, not that God worship is bad, but believing in superstitions can be pernicious when combined with fundamentalism and exegesis of ancient writings without a clue about the history or society that communicated said scriptures.

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Quote: from Event Horizon at 7:01 pm on July 5, 2009

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I was just thinking:  

 I really dislike the fact that atheism is becoming a youthful trend. I am happy that the idea is being broadcasted, and that some people are actually questioning their beliefs, but I fear that making atheism a "cool" youthful rebellion is undermining it.

 I do not want to see a world in which the people are atheists because it is the norm--as many people are religious because that is what everyone else is. I don't want an atheistic population of sheeple. So many kids are just saying "Yea, god is silly, I'm an atheist!" and I think that it undermines what being an atheist really is.

 It is not disdain for theism, no. It is, rather, individual thought and making decisions for one's self. I am happier with a theist who holds that position after deep forethought than an atheist who just thinks religion is silly. and I think that the popularization of atheism is leading down the road of the latter.

 Eh. Maybe not. Whatever.
 /rant.

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An interesting posit. I assume that any people denying supernatural agents for any reason is good, not that God worship is bad, but believing in superstitions can be pernicious when combined with fundamentalism and exegesis of ancient writings without a clue about the history or society that communicated said scriptures.

Please join us on the Forum where Christians debate Atheists and find out why each believe what they do: www.thehereticandthe preacher.com .

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