&gt;On the flip side, how does a physicalist tell victims of atrocities like rape warfare? That life is random, so don&#x27;t take it so hard? While glossing over the fact that the evil people will probably never be brought to justice?<p>Well, mostly, we try to bring the perpetrators to justice and provide rehabilitation for the victims.<p>&gt;But, really, how do you pity the religious when it&#x27;s all involuntary chemicals and electrical impulses in their brains?<p>Who said we pity them?  Besides which, &quot;involuntarily&quot; doesn&#x27;t mean that.  Some of those chemicals and impulses <i>are</i> under conscious control, because they&#x27;re the ones that <i>implement</i> conscious self-control.  You are in fact affected by your experiences and can in fact change your beliefs, should you choose to.