why do so many non-religious people seem to completely reject the mere possibility of an after-life, or even just a soul, or some kind of spiritual energy connecting lifeforms?
why do so many non-religious people seem to completely reject the mere possibility of an after-life, or even just a soul, or some kind of spiritual energy connecting lifeforms?
I went hard atheist because of the trauma of being raised in an evangelical suburban cult. Then over time just kinda mellowed out and realized that the same contradictions that drove me from religion existed in the superstructure of our society.
Once you reach that point, you're able to go back and revisit some religious concepts and respect their worth as essentially the oldest form of social science.
Religion exists and is a tool that is used by those in power, if you can understand how to wield that tool properly, you can use it to reshape the superstructural relationships that it helps to enforce. Same as the state.