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In reply to the discussion: Why Abrasive Atheism Will Always Sell Better [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,489 posts)6. It's instinctive to believe what your parents tell you
That's why the vast majority of people have the same religious beliefs as their parents. That means one god for some, several gods for others, nature spirits for others, ancestor respect or worship for others, and no gods at all for others.
Some believe in an afterlife; others believe in reincarnation, and others in no afterlife at all.
This isn't 'instinct'; it's conforming to the ideological system you were brought up in. A few people change their minds, and so different beliefs, or lack of beliefs, come about.
I think you are projecting your own beliefs as 'human nature'.
As for "the atheism brand will never sell to the masses", in a recent poll, 61% of Chinese called themselves 'convinced atheists'.
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The descriptions of the afterlife in various holy books do not sound like what you mention
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#25
How does the fact that we are alive and that there is life in the universe
Goblinmonger
Sep 2015
#20