Essay talk:Causes of Atheism

Hmmm, not my best work, time for bed. I'll understand if its deleted next time I log on.Damo2353 11:23, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Mmmmm. Quote: The main cause of Christians turning into Atheists is a close reading of the bible. I have to say that I don't find myself in agreement with this. But not wanting to cause HCM I'll go no further at this point. --Bob^{bing up} 11:46, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Awww. It's been weeks since we had a good bout of HCM. :-( --AKjeldsen^{Potential fundamentalist!} 12:31, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

I'm sure that the reasons for people changing into atheists, agnostics, deists, theists, fundamentalists, satanists or whatever are many, varied and highly personal. (That's changing into - not being born into.) So much so that I rather doubt a single article could address it. Rather than this article it might be interesting to set up a "Why I became an X" article. (For the more obtuse, where "X" is your religious belief). Something similar to the "How I found RationalWiki format. --Bob^{bing up} 14:53, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

“” The main cause of Jews turning into atheists is the smell of bacon. The main cause of atheists turning into vegetarians is learning about the treatment of livestock. The main cause of vegetariants turning into Jews is marriage. This is known as the circle of life or, sometimes, Upper West Side Story.

One, as a Jew, I've smelled bacon multiple times and have never had any desire to leave my faith/convert/be an atheist, and my keeping kosher has nothing to do with God (I'm agnostic as well). Two, many and most Reform Jews do not keep kosher. Thunderkatz^Ho! 15:58, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

It's also not called the circle of life. Thems the jokes, folks. Coarb 16:57, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

I'm not too fond of pork myself. I wonder if this would be sufficient to turn me into a Jew? --AKjeldsen^{Potential fundamentalist!} 16:16, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Well, that and the, er, "operation". CЯacke® 16:38, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Anyway, pork products are nasty, so the point is moot. --λινυσ^(☮) 17:08, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

I think that quote above is teh funnie. Maybe this should have been moved to "fun" instead of "essay"... ħuman 21:25, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

My favorite quote about judaism comes from a red headed ecoish guy who was not Jewish. He borrowed an SUV from a family member to drive from San Francisco to San Diego. While giving various people who showed up in San Diego (web site gathering) and enjoying the power (compared to small compact car he normally drove) he said "Driving this SUV makes me feel like a rabbi snacking on pork rinds." That image still sticks with me today. --Shagie 02:41, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Essay

I'm no great fan of this article, but if it's an essay, in theory nobody can edit it.--Bob^{bing up} 17:13, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Unless it's a joint essay. --AKjeldsen^{Potential fundamentalist!} 17:20, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

Right. Just like an article then? :-) --Bob^{bing up} 02:12, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Exactly! Just... essaier. --AKjeldsen^{Potential fundamentalist!} 05:56, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Yessssss. And the advantage of conferring essayhood upon it is?

We could note that at the top… --λινυσ^(☮) 17:25, 29 June 2008 (EDT)

If others can edit, I suggest the most succinct version would be replacing the whole thing with the word "Thinking."--Tom Moore^{fiat justitia ruat coelum} 02:20, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Actually that's very good idea.--Bob^{bing up} 02:23, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

Quite nicely ambiguous too.Bob^{bing up} 06:27, 30 June 2008 (EDT)

My My, My little disaster of an article has evolved into something quite different than intended. I almost just deleted the whole thing last night, perhaps I should have. The reference to reading the bible was rather a poor attempt at humour (although it is one of the reasons why I became an atheist).