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I've been looking at a lot of user profiles here over the last week I've been on the forum, and without making any scientific analysis, I get the impression that a pretty large majority of you have put "agnostic" or "atheist" under religion. I myself belong to the latter group.
I've read in an article on CBS recently that the proportion of self titled atheists in the US is about 15%, and assuming most users here are American, clearly the level of belief in god in the forum is much much lower than the average.
I'd like to hear from people who feel comfortable discussing this if they think there is a link between SA and faith (or lack thereof), or between SA and spiritualism vs. rationalism. I myself have changed throughout my life from a proud Jew to indifferent to religion to a rather fervent atheist, and I do feel SA had something to do with it. I can't really explain the connection, but maybe the feeling that I as a person am alone in this world also leads to the conclusion that the human race is really left to fend for itself. "No one cares about me, and that includes god".
I apologize if anyone is offended by this topic, I hope we can have an open minded discussion here.
I've read in an article on CBS recently that the proportion of self titled atheists in the US is about 15%, and assuming most users here are American, clearly the level of belief in god in the forum is much much lower than the average.
I'd like to hear from people who feel comfortable discussing this if they think there is a link between SA and faith (or lack thereof), or between SA and spiritualism vs. rationalism. I myself have changed throughout my life from a proud Jew to indifferent to religion to a rather fervent atheist, and I do feel SA had something to do with it. I can't really explain the connection, but maybe the feeling that I as a person am alone in this world also leads to the conclusion that the human race is really left to fend for itself. "No one cares about me, and that includes god".
I apologize if anyone is offended by this topic, I hope we can have an open minded discussion here.