Maybe you were. I was most definitely not born an Atheist.

Now I'm done.

I agree. Humans are estimation engines, and designed to draw convenient conclusions. It's the same thing that makes optical illusions possible--Evolution has no 'design' and it is famously incredibly poor at being backwards compatible. We are designed to crave religion, or something like it, and it takes incredible restraint, discipline, self-knowledge and self-control to overcome that trap. Unless you were lucky enough to be raised in an environment that was at least partially intellectual honest. Some people, I suppose, most people, maybe, never had a fighting chance.

Tail post... The thread title reminded me of a joke:

What attracts all those child molesters to London?







Answer:




I don't know, it must be all those sexy kids

That's Nice

An oldie, but a goodie :P)

Late-breaking news on this topic.

I'm watching a Nova documentary, the Science of Evil, I'm right at the bit where a priest has been asked by Jeffery Dahmer to baptize him--this would cleanse him of all sins!--and he is struggling with this. He is meeting with Dahmer, and feeling a connection with him, connecting with his humanity.

Haven't seen how this turns out, but I don't buy it. I don't think sociopaths have humanity in them.

You seem to have trouble understanding, it doesn't make any difference whether you buy it or not. Neither Dahmer nor the priest know you exist, much less care what you think.

there's a scripture in the bible it says something to the extint of this..

"many are called few are chosen"

and another...

"work out your own salvation with fear and trembeling"

so I would magine that if dahmer had really done it the right way that his mind would be renewend and he would have made better choices...

just becaue you follow all the steps to get "saved" dosen't mean your saved you have to wait for gods timeing and it's got to be heart felt...

Neither does God, who has done a lot of killing himself, which is why serial killers go to church (house of God) ... they can identify.

Another one of life's mysteries solved.

What attracts serial killers to church? Dead bodies hung from crosses and dripping blood statues? It's like Chuck E Cheese for killers!

She's back! Yay!

Hiding in plain sight as it were.