Question for atheists...

From: qstn (qu_at_est.ion)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:57:40 -0800

One of the criticisms that atheists often have against believers is
that only dumb/foolish/uneducated/low class type people would believe
in God or participate in religion. How do atheists reconcile the fact
that many highly educated, professional, wealthy individuals (eg.
doctors, lawyers, CEOs, some scientists, etc.) believe in God and
participate in (and are the biggest benefactors of) organized
religion?

These are people who, given their wealth and power, could do and have
anything in today's world and feel self-sufficient enough to not need
to believe in a "fantasy figure in the sky". And yet they still
believe. How do atheists explain this?

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