"My pastor tells me so."
"My buddy who read the bible told me so."
"My mom said it was so."
"Science is a lie, therefore creationism is true."
"God itself came down into my room and told me how it made life."
"I just know."
Sucks for us, I guess. You can fist fight the grim reaper and his chain holder all day long, if it makes you happy.
I'll just take what's coming and not waste time complaining about things I have absolutely no power to control.
Why not? People will be people no matter the age, they always need some way to occupy themselves and kill one another. If they can do both of those things while their focus is on something that isn't invisible, why that's all the better. It's pretty much smashing three birds to death with one...
Several things that may or may not be connected.
I would say there are two main reasons.
1- To protect their own interests, or those of someone else for whatever reason.
2- An inability to deal with the fact that others may have viewpoints they find disagreeable for whatever reason.
You could...
Strong Atheist.
When I approach the question of god with logic and an open mind, I generally take the weak atheist position.
But, if I'm going to be honest with myself, I can't begin to believe in something as irrational as a god.
In my head I'm 100% sure that there is no god(s). Whether it's...
Dislike. I couldn't come close to liking or being indifferent towards such an organization.
I also don't hold hate for many things and don't think the church is worth the energy hate uses up.
Around 8-9 years ago I started to lose sleep pretty badly.
I'm sure I've gone well over a week without sleep before, though not often.
If I had to make a guess, 13 days sounds about right.
If all of the sudden I couldn't smoke or drink caffeine anymore, I'd probably have a panic attack too.
I rely on those things to get me through a day much like a younger teenage kid might rely on their phone.