god and religions are clearly made up and fake but i still don't want to believe that everything started out of nothing with a big bang
>>223427860it wasn't nothing, it was some quantum fluctuations
>>223427860I think not knowing is better than believing in 2500 year old Jewish tales just because
“Some very important virtues are more likely to be found among those who reject religious dogmas than among those who accept them. I think this applies especially to the virtue of truthfulness or intellectual integrity. I mean by intellectual integrity the habit of deciding vexed questions in accordance with the evidence, or of leaving them undecided where the evidence is inconclusive.This virtue is notably absent in those who rely on faith to provide answers. This virtue, though it is underestimated by almost all adherents of any system of dogma, is to my mind of the very greatest social importance and far more likely to benefit the world than Christianity or any other system of organised beliefs.”―Bertrand Russell
>>223427860Most people don't actually think they're real tooIf they really, truely genuinely believe their family or friends or even partner is going to hell, don't you think people would be much more radical in their beliefs?
