When one is an atheist, so many things seem stupid. Saying “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, praying for rain, praying for anything, the bloody business in Northern Ireland, the Taliban, Evangelicals, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the angel Moroni, eternal damnation–you get the idea. An amazing number of conflicts could be eliminated and an amazing amount of wasted effort could be saved if everyone were an atheist.
It might also improve our behavior if we didn’t think our sins will be forgiven or we can somehow earn God’s favor. This is it. What you do here and now is all you get, so get it right.
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