Another foolish attack against atheism

My answer to: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/03/24/lonewolf-diaries-why-atheism-is-mentally-handicap/

Being atheist does not mean I can do anything I want. We are bound by the law of nature - I just can't beat gravity. We are limited by our genes - I feel guilt at the idea to hurt a fellow human, this is part of our biology. I am part of the process of making rational laws as a member of a democracy, laws to which I abid.

Science explains a lot more than religion does and is much more efficient - I have a cancer, I run to my physician not to my local church and so do most believers.

The point is not if it is better or not for God to exist. The idea of a "daddy in the sky" watching over you might be sound "better" for you. For others, it is the idea of 12 virgins waiting for them after a martyr death. For others, the idea that they are likely to improve their lot in another life is "better". You can't deny that your notion of what is better only stem from the fact that you were born in a certain place in time. So because you are so limited to your geographical upbringing, you clinge to your conception of God as meaningful.

Yet, that is not the point. The point is does God exist or not. This is about reality, not fantasy (the latter being a more definit sign of mental illness by the way). The more you look into evidences, the more you get that God is a useless creation of the human mind.

Now you talk about mental illness: believing in a talking snake, a talking flaming bush, virgin birth, man walking on water, and so on, this is pretty crazy.

The point is that you are scared to confront the idea their might be nothing.

Meaning? What is meaning? How meaningful is a God? God does not provide meaning of any sort. God is just a happy feeling one bring into his / her mind to avoid anxiety or to replace drinking to much. It has no meaning at all. Prove it. Explain meaning and then, explain how God brings meaning to life. For me God only bring submission, immaturity and irrationnality. But not meaning. There is as much meaning in nothingness than in the hypothesis of God.