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To: bentway who wrote (252876)	6/15/2014 9:53:22 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540859

While I am not the atheist my parents were, I think it's unlikely that there is anything in the universe that cares about human beings. I think it's much more likely that man created God than vice versa. And there are thousands of Gods created by humans- what would the odds be you'd pick the right one? Every person who believes in one of these things would swear to you theirs is the right one (and many are willing to kill over that). Where does that sort of credulity come from? People are programmed to believe they've got the "right" idea- no matter what sort of idea it is. There are people on these threads who act like they'd like to kill other people over politics. They're absolutely certain about their beliefs (even beliefs that a little googling would show are clearly wrong). The story of humans and their beliefs is a litany of idiocy. But you don't need to believe me- just read Swift- and his story of the Big Enders and the Little Enders. Idiocy and credulity are apparently timeless.