If you've moved from being religious to Athiest, how did that go?

[Kilgamayan]

Originally Posted by Squeek

I don't get it. It's like being logical is a horrible thing to people.

That's easy. Your beliefs call theirs into question. No one likes having their core values attacked on any level. (How many people like being told that they are/could be wrong when they don't ask? Let's not kid ourselves, even school-enforced constructive criticism isn't a pleasurable experience.) The natural human reaction to having your core values attacked is to get all defensive and possibly to attack the attacker in retaliation. As such, being logical is a horrible thing to some people. You just happen look down on this because science and logic tell you you're right and they're wrong.

You may not understand (I'm not going to assume you do or do not) how people can be religious because you look at religion purely from the scientific point of view and have ever since you started questioning Catholicism in the first place. I will admit it's not at all an easy thing to examine religion while completely ignoring science, but it's the only way to understand where religious folk are coming from.