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Christopher Hitchens (an atheist) stated that he would now trust anyone who would not contemplate the existence of God should they be on top of a mountain top looking over some beautiful tropic (something like that anywy,). Well, on that basis he would not trust me; I tend to only marvel at the wanders of nature and dont have it in me to extend this to a supernatural belief.

However, the only time I do contemplate the existence of God is when I think about hell and the horrors that could be leashed upon someone upon their afterlife- and in this sense I am scared by the thought of hell; which is why I am an antitheist. I think this is a good testament that religion appeals to our grimmest emotions, corrupts children and is generally unhealthy. I think Thomas Paine put it best when he said "anything that scares the minds of children can not be true." (even though he's wrong; he's right in regards to religion which is what he was basing this on)