Exactly, the atheist is so mentally and spiritually damaged that he cannot even do what comes natural to nearly all children. Instead, he regresses to an animal-like state where nothing exists but what his fleshly senses tell him, and (at higher precedence) his perception of the animal pecking order and what those powers tell him. He becomes trapped in a state of complete powerlessness over his own reality, but insists that his "realism" and "maturity" actually help him navigate his life better even as he becomes a slave to his own body.
You love playing pretend. You're pretending that humans have no intrinsic value or purpose. You're pretending that God doesn't exist. You're pretending that the faith known as science has done away with God.
... wow, all this time I thought I just didn't like playing pretend.
Exactly, the atheist is so mentally and spiritually damaged that he cannot even do what comes natural to nearly all children. Instead, he regresses to an animal-like state where nothing exists but what his fleshly senses tell him, and (at higher precedence) his perception of the animal pecking order and what those powers tell him. He becomes trapped in a state of complete powerlessness over his own reality, but insists that his "realism" and "maturity" actually help him navigate his life better even as he becomes a slave to his own body.
And that's why they're miserable and feel empty inside. They cut themselves off from God. The fruits of atheism are rotten.
You love playing pretend. You're pretending that humans have no intrinsic value or purpose. You're pretending that God doesn't exist. You're pretending that the faith known as science has done away with God.