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My take on this has to do with a belief that we as humans are endlessly fascinated and preoccupied with ourselves. We have the mental ability to devise a myriad of intricate, orthodox philosophies as a means of expressing our inner thoughts and feelings. The more intricate and complete the thought - the more fullfilling and satisfying...like a long hard back massage or thunderous fart. We are driven to creating such theories, even at times perhaps more than, 1) is necessary, 2) is psychologically healthy and 3) is even possible. It is like fiddling around with a 5000-sided rubiks cube.
Atheism is one such topic that especially comes to play in people's minds, because it pertains to many intriguing and existential issues such as who or what is controlling my quest for self-knowledge, who is controlling my destiny, who is controlling my decision-making processes, who is controlling the machinery. I think there is a certain amount of trend and peer pressure and herd mentality to it especially at first, but if it remains a long-term issue its probably based on an honest journey of self-discovery although I can see how it sometimes comes off as bs.
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