Atheist Love

I have a few friends who are atheists, and I have no problem thinking that they're awesome people. However, I am want to keep my philosophical muscles working, so I engage in argumentative discourse online, where I often run into self-professed atheists arguing sophomorically and with a prideful self-confidence that is very off-putting. This made atheism appear over time as something disgusting and revolting.

That all changed when I read this article on one of the atheist blogs I follow:

Atheist Revolution: Atheists Who Pray

The final paragraph was what gave me hope:

"We atheists need to let go of the notion that we are smarter, more rational, more skeptical, or more capable of critical thinking than the religious. We are not. People arrive at atheism in many ways and for many reasons. Reason, skepticism, and critical thinking are not equally important to all atheists."

That was all I needed. I don't know why, but it made it click that everyone suffers from the tendency to pride just as much as I do. So to end with another quote: "always be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."

-sDB