re why do people become atheists in article may athos rutgers edu bill mayne mayne pipe cs fsu edu writes in article may athos rutgers edu bill mayne mayne pipe cs fsu edu writes in article may athos rutgers edu fil sapienza med umich edu fil sapienza writes i am interested in finding out why people become atheists after having believed in some god god in conversing with them on other groups i ve often sensed anger or hostility though i don t mean to imply that all atheists are angry or hostile it does seem to be one motivation for giving up faith thus some atheism might result from broken ness this is condescending at best and a slightly disquised ad hominem attack this attitude on the part of many theists especially the vocal ones is one reason for the hostility you sense how do you like it when atheists say that people turn to religion out of immature emotionalism i wouldn t and don t i thought i did a pretty good job of qualifying my statement but apparently some people misinterpreted my intentions i apologize for my part in communicating any confusion my intent was more to stir up discussion rather than judge it seems to have worked rest of post noted by the way i did not originally post this to alt atheism if it got there i don t know how it did filipp sapienza department of technology services university of michigan hospitals surgery fil sapienza med umich edu
