Have you heard it said that theists (i.e., believers in a personal god) are childish? Supposedly, they're childish because they create a father (in the sky, as it were) who is stern but loving. This they find comforting. But who is really childish? Most atheists I have known disbelieve in God (i.e., believe that there is not a personal god) not because they have evidence against the existence of God (no amount or type of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of God) but because they are rebellious. They don't like the idea of having a father (in the sky) to love, instruct, and discipline them, so they rebel by denying the existence of such a being. What could be more childish than that? Either (1) both theists and atheists are childish (albeit in different ways) or (2) neither theists nor atheists are childish.
Religion and Irreligion
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