re amusing atheists and agnostics timmbake mcl ucsb edu bake timmons writes there lies the hypocrisy dude atheism takes as much faith as theism admit it some people might think it takes faith to be an atheist but faith in what does it take some kind of faith to say that the great invisible pink unicorn does not exist does it take some kind of faith to say that santa claus does not exist if it does and it may for some people i suppose it certainly isn t as big a leap of faith to say that these things and god do exist i suppose it depends on your notion and definition of faith besides not believing in a god means one doesn t have to deal with all of the extra baggage that comes with it this leaves a person feeling wonderfully free especially after beaten over the head with it for years i agree that religion and belief is often an important psychological healer for many people and for that reason i think it s important however trying to force a psychological fantasy i don t mean that in a bad way but that s what it really is on someone else who isn t interested is extremely rude what if i still believed in santa claus and said that my belief in santa did wonderful things for my life making me a better person allowing me to live without guilt etc and then tried to get you to believe in santa too just cuz he did so much for me you d call the men in white coats as soon as you could get to a phone bake timmons iii nanci just babbling if you know and are sure of the author of this quote please send me email nm w andrew cmu edu spring is nature s way of saying let s party
