re why do people become atheists on may gmt fil sapienza med umich edu fil sapienza said in article may athos rutgers edu maxwell c muir muirm argon gas organpipe uug arizona edu writes the ambiguity of religious beliefs an unwillingness to take pascal s wager i ve heard this frequently what exactly is pascal s wager either a god exists or b he doesn t we have two choices either believe in god or don t believe in god if a is true then brings eternal damnation whereas brings eternal life if b is true then has minor inconvenience compared with thus it is rational to believe in god this has numerous flaws covered in the faq for alt atheism amongst other places do i sound broken to you i don t know you point out that your mother s treatment upset you and see inconsistencies in various religions i m not sure if that constitutes broken ness or not it certainly consititutes disillusionment disillusionment strikes me as an excellent reason for stopping believing in something bruce cmsr university of liverpool religion is myth information
