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... Hey thanks for all the posts - no matter which side - in my question:

http://www.experienceproject.com/question-answer/How-Creationists-Explain-Dinosaurs-And-How-They-Can-Explain-The-Last-Scientific-Found-This-Week-Ida-Is-Here/14022

From 'LaBrujaha' ...

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have to comment: I find it interesting that those who have liberated themselves from religious dogma spend an awful lot of time showing it two fingers.

Humanity has a need to believe in something -- even if it's only natural selection! "

I totally agree with the last phrase and therefore that's why we created God.

But I confess I have spent a lot of time myself thinking about the first part and I can only say with my honest feeling that all turns to Power.

Look around you and you will see that even when you free yourself from religion dogma you can not be free of it in all aspects of your life. It dictates who you can marry for instance right now and it may dictate what is taught in schools ... some people would love to see science replace by creationism in class. And gay marriage opponents have no other argument to justify holding civil rights to a group than their faith that Bible said it is wrong.

Not much freedom from religion right?

I hope other agnostics here can explain better why we spend some time discussing religion matter but that's my vision of it. We are all involved in a battle for power, even if we don't even realize it.

Any agnostic/atheist have a better example on why we spend so much time showing two fingers? ( although I wouldn't call questioning showing two fingers!)

Keep it gentle, if possible.
ps: one last thing... keep in mind also that agnostic and atheist have some differences and each one have their own purpose with questions. Agnostics doubts the existence but do not proclaim they are sure of anything, atheists are quite sure of their beliefs ( or rather the lack of it).

I would happily leave all of the faithheads alone if it weren't for the fact that their irrational and faith-based beliefs (as opposed to rational beliefs based on evidence) are fueling the wrong side of the debate on issues which affect all of us. Here's a list of 6 of those issues:

outlawing abortion,
opposition to birth control,
abstinence-only sex ed,
opposing stem cell research,
teaching creationism in public schools,
denying homosexuals the right to marry

I would leave them alone to believe in whatever they want if they would keep their beliefs out of public policy. If they insist on invading and making our secular government enforce religious policies, the least I can do is take the time to tell them how stupid they are.

If religions had their way, we would still think the Earth was flat and that the sun and stars orbited us and that the planet was 6,000 years old. The fact that some people still subscribe to some of these ideas even today tells you how badly religious dogma slows scientific knowledge.