[ExI] Atheism

[Post Futurist]

Atheism can be termed a de facto religion/faith. It does, for instance, include academic rituals. Those of you at colleges & universities know that nonscience academia is filled with rituals and tens-- or is it hundreds-- of thousands of intellectual-priests disguised as professors.
 But that is not to reject what atheists/agnostics here are writing. Religion is nothing more than escapism; albeit necessary, because the great masses are so dumb & dumber they couldn't raise families without faith and even churches; they are rebelling against the Darwinist food-chain by trading it for religious hierarchy.
However, having written that, IMO commodified religious culture is no worse than commodified secular trash culture. Why is two hours in a dopey church worse than two hours watching a dopey film? 
Entertainment, religion (and religion is entertainment) are harmless now, dime-a-dozen. Porn isn't threatening anymore -- it is merely millions of bored apes rutting in cheap sets. And the really good news is that since no one ever goes broke underestimating taste the economy will pick up nicely. You all got it made in the shade.


      
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