Why can't atheists get any leverage ?

[JFN1]

45. "Athiests don't believe in anything..."

Man, do I get tired of hearing this assertion, that if a person is not religious, they are somehow defective, shallow, hollow, missing something vital, worthy of pity, ultimately incapable of believing in anything, thus unable to make any kind of meaningful contribuion, which overall, makes an athiest worth much less, than a believer.

Bull. Shit.

I would submit athiests actually believe in many more things than do religious types. A mind opened to realistic possibility becomes flexibile, able to believe and accept what IS, rather than merely attempting to believe what is comfortable...

Fearful delusion robs the mind of creatve capacity, limits growth, and calcifies thinking. There is a frenetic desperation around the edges of the true believer, which seems to be absent in the athiest.

Also, the fear of death is measurably lessened for the athiest, in my opinion.

I forget who said it, but one of my favorite quotes concerning death goes: "I was content before I was born, I will be content after I die. What in this is there to fear?"

And I find myself fascinated by the last words (reported by his sister) one of humanity's towering geniuses, Steve Jobs, spoke as he died: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."