Cognitive dissonance isn't limited to just the "religious."
I'd suspect many women that have had abortions struggled with this.
Probably not as much as atheists tho. It must be very difficult to explain away those spontaneous thoughts of the supernatural - Thoughts that many scientists today consider to be an evolutionary benefit.
Let's face it, if various religions weren't so saturated with complete assholes, there wouldn't be this stigma within the the scientific community against exploring "religion." We'd all be doing it in one form or another. . .to deny it is to deny what it means to be human.
You actually have a constructive debate, rather than whatever it is you're doing. . .
Well, aren't you?
Well, that's a given. . .
You're obviously new to this, aren't you?
Because it's fucking fun, and this country is so great that we have nothing better to do. . .
