Lets take a little break from politics and have us a real atheist conversation.

Personally, I’m open to the idea of the existence of supernatural phenomena, and I believe mainstream religions are actually complicated incomplete stories full of misinterpretations, misunderstandings, and half-truths.

Basically, I think that these stories are not as simple and straightforward as they seem to be to religious people. I feel like there is a lot more to them. Concluding that all these stories are just made up or came out of nowhere is kind of hard for me.

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    2 months ago

    A feeling that something is watching you? Some people end up experiencing supernatural phenomena after having such feelings. Especially if it’s accompanied with a sense of dread.

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      2 months ago

      Delusions and hallucinations are a thing. Ever feel your phone vibrating in your pocket when it actually wasn’t ? That’s a hallucination, nothing supernatural about it. Feelings aren’t a reliable way to assess reality, and relying on feelings to make decisions is a recipe for disaster.

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          2 months ago

          Sure. There’s no reason not to, considering the brain, which is a physical object. Everything we think and do is a product of the physical world.

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            2 months ago

            Actually, no one knows. There isn’t any hard concrete evidence that proves that this current reality is absolute true reality.

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              2 months ago

              Unless there’s evidence of an alternative reality, you might as well be talking about leprechauns and unicorns.