Aporeia
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- Posted: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:00:50 +0000
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Aporeia
Cecilia Davidson
If anything it's violently RELIGIOUS
The internet is a haven for rebellious teenagers who've run out of things to be rebellious about (but try anyways).
The "rebellious teenager" generalization aside, I'd say the biggest reason for why there are so many atheists on the internet is because of the internet itself. Before the advent of the internet, if you lived in a small community, you got a really limited diversity of different opinions on religion. Now, on the internet, you can connect to pretty much anyone on the planet, so you get a vast diversity of opinions on religion...which causes some people to examine their own beliefs. In fact, within the last few years, we've not only seen more people becoming nonreligious, those that stay in the religion are turning more towards creationist viewpoints...which isn't surprising when you look at how much discussion is done about both on the internet.
You think too highly of your peers, a mistake I have learned not to make.