i think us high school and college students just aren't stupid. it's not a trend, but more of a realization. we don't need religion to be happy, and through advances in science and technology, we've realized the existence of a god is pretty much physically impossible.
a majority of atheists and agnostics in the younger age group today are just logical thinkers. we need proof to believe anything, and without said physical proof, we won't buy into it. i didn't begin thinking this way because of other people. i actually was one of the first people in my clique to stop believing in god, and it was all because i started focusing on things that HAVE been proven, as opposed to believing things that haven't and just going along with blind faith. times have changed and we can't go along hoping there's a heaven or a god. either we can prove there is and i'll follow it, or it can't be proven and i'll ignore it.
that's why i'm agnostic. i used to be catholic, but i realized it didn't make me happy or a better person, and it was a load of crap anyways. i don't see myself going back to any religion anytime soon, either, as well as many of my peers.
a majority of atheists and agnostics in the younger age group today are just logical thinkers. we need proof to believe anything, and without said physical proof, we won't buy into it. i didn't begin thinking this way because of other people. i actually was one of the first people in my clique to stop believing in god, and it was all because i started focusing on things that HAVE been proven, as opposed to believing things that haven't and just going along with blind faith. times have changed and we can't go along hoping there's a heaven or a god. either we can prove there is and i'll follow it, or it can't be proven and i'll ignore it.
that's why i'm agnostic. i used to be catholic, but i realized it didn't make me happy or a better person, and it was a load of crap anyways. i don't see myself going back to any religion anytime soon, either, as well as many of my peers.
Martintatheistt
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Its a trend in more people having access to scientific data and to religious data and being able to make their own decisions and come to their own conclusions.
In the past only a very select group of people had access to the evidence behind the science. Now anyone can see it on the internet, magazines, television. The same goes for religious texts. In the past it was in languages only select people knew how to read, but now its translated into almost any language imaginable, (I am sure they are working on a Navi Bible)
In the past only a very select group of people had access to the evidence behind the science. Now anyone can see it on the internet, magazines, television. The same goes for religious texts. In the past it was in languages only select people knew how to read, but now its translated into almost any language imaginable, (I am sure they are working on a Navi Bible)
BastardHarvardVodka
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Atheism is the passion of Richard Dawkins.
BastardHarvardVodka
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Atheism is the passion of Richard Dawkins.
Actually yeh I do, I think people identify themselves as grounded and intellectual when expressing themselves as Atheists. Still while I consider it a trend amongst the younger generation, it will become more predominant regardless. The irony is that Atheism is becoming more and more religious. Human nature will eventually accept a universal doctrine in replacement for what is currently considered "free thinking". People like Dawkins have already created commandments by which Atheists should live by, give it a 100 or so years, Atheism will be very religious indeed. Society is crumbeling due to our immoral/unrighteous lifestyles. I stumbled across this bible verse last night which describes one aspect of the last days, stating issues that society is currently dealing with.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.