Common causes of atheism: Is there a cure?

Uh-oh. “Moral depravity”, “poor relationship with father”, and “superficiality” also cause something else: homosexuality.

Oh, well, I guess I’ll just have to “choose” to turn gay now.

“I am in “Error.”” Well that just makes the sign at work, made from the rearranged letters of merry xmas, even better:

Max My Errs

According to the 1997 Federal Bureau of Prisons report, 0.21% of inmates were atheist. Given a general distribution of 6% to 15% of the American population is atheist this is a significantly lower percentage that you’d expect for a group that suffers from such “Moral Depravity“.

I need help on the peer pressure idea. Don’t peers exert pressure by virtue of their position of superior numbers or social inclusion? As the most “despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun” atheists necessarily are unable to exert any kind of peer pressure on the majority. They’d have been better off claiming a form of social rebellion.

65.2% of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) held to a disbelief in God, 79% in the physical sciences. Those dummies clearly don’t ‘have the mental capacity or do not exercise my ability “to fairly and judiciously consider the facts.”’

Poor relationship with a father figure….hmm. Well we can’t all have dads like Abraham or God who willingly put us in a position of sacrifice to appease a tyrant. I guess I’ll just have to manage with rough edged old man who took me to football matches as a kid.

As for “negative experiences with theists” I’ve found the majority to be quite polite and helpful but a few venomous trolls lurking among them. They’re just people like rest of us and any group will contain it’s share of arseholes.

As for “Scientism” that’s just funny. Do they need a god so much that they’ll make one up to fit a group that rejects the idea of gods? Actually it’s not that funny, it’s quite sad really.

That lady in the white coat looks like a dentist with her array of dental instruments and splash screen in front of her eyes. Is the cure for atheism through the teeth?

Why, Jeeezus is the cure!

When I saw “atheism” in the title I read “autism.”

Uh-oh. “Moral depravity”, “poor relationship with father”, and “superficiality” also cause something else: homosexuality.

Also, ADHD. O Noes! The world is doomed to be populated with gay hyperactive atheists!

You’ve got to love the linked articles they mention, like “Atheism and Mass Murder” and “Atheism and Uncharitableness” etc.

I wish I could honestly call Poe on the whole of Conservapedia, but instead I just ignore it and other sites like it. They’re written by (and frequented by) people who aren’t going to be interested in cooperation, honest discussion, or moving past differences to solve bigger problems, and so they’re people I’m not particularly interested in.

They left “reason”, “logic”, and “lack of evidence” off that list. Maybe someone should add those…

The Conservapedians will accuse you of making stuff up. With no sense of irony, I add.

I also noted use of the Courtier’s Reply in the linked article. They can’t allow their religion to be criticized or else it falls apart, despite their self-assuring bluster.

According to the 1997 Federal Bureau of Prisons report, 0.21% of inmates were atheist.

Obviously the atheist criminals are better at not getting caught! Probably has something to do with their deceitful nature.

That’s a fair point Erp. Let’s compare crime rates between the predominantly Christian United States and predominantly secular nations instead.

In 2004, there were 5.5 homicides for every 100,000 persons in the US. In Norway (71% atheist) there was 1 per 100,000, UK (about 60% atheist) was 1.4, France (33% atheist)was 1.6. Perhaps the answer is gun control rather than religiosity though but the correlation does seem to indicate that atheists commit less crime that theists. In France 70% of the prison population is Muslim. These are largely immigrants so the cultural implications probably have greater weight in criminality that religious ones…or perhaps the judiciary are harsher on immigrants.

Perhaps, as sc0tt says, we are simply more devious in our crimes. Perhaps higher education and atheism are related ans higher education and lack of criminality are related. What this shows though is that theism, specifically Christianity does not make a person less likely to commit crimes. The variation at best makes atheist and theist equal in criminality which would be what I would expect.

I would never advocate killing the stupid. My only goal is to stop them killing others.

That sounds like the dumbest conclusion concerning atheism. Not only that, it is so anti-intellectual that it’s not funny- scientism? Please! If anything, those on conservapedia need an education. Now should intellectuals be offended or start pushing education more?

I love conservapedia. The article on kangaroos states that they were descended from the two on Noah’s ark, although there are other theories of their origin. These include that they were sung into existence in the aboriginal dream time, or even that evolution took place

“Moral depravity”? As in, “getting a lot of sex outside of marriage”?

I wish theists would get their stereotypes about atheists straight. What about the claim that atheism attracts socially inept loners who can’t get laid?

http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2008/12/religious-denominations-ranked-by.html

BTW, I find it ironic that the same christians who preach abstinence before marriage have also started to ridicule single male atheists for our alleged inability to find sex partners.