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Arbitrary rules and customs, thankfully, do not hold up well under the powerful weights of empirical evidence and simple skepticism. Any rational person will only approach new ideas that are either beneficial or reasonable.

As we better understand the world, our brains and bodies and the universe in general it becomes less and less likely that 2,000 year old instruction manuals hold relevance. I, a self-proclaimed geek and atheist, believe in order and reason. Weird practices and habits carried on by tradition turn to ash under the full glare of cold hard logic.

Religion's only real power over intelligent people comes from exploiting the fear of death and even possibly hell and the brain's ability to rationalize what it already 'knows.' Being inundated with the warm fuzzy parts of religion as a kid makes it harder to shake off the very large gaps in 'evidence' presented by Christianity or any other major religion.

I would also be amiss not to point out that geeks are in favor of open source projects more often than not and what is more closed source than religion? It sucks from an informational standpoint. Nothing can change in 'the good book' without it being considered heresy. Imagine if any other human endeavor was treated like that.

If so the earth would still be flat, acupuncture would still be considered mainstream medicine, tomatoes would be considered toxic, and worst of all the periodic table would only consist of earth, wind, fire and water.

No product is so far developed that it is beyond revision. Either its a work in progress or its been retired. This is demonstrably true for operating systems. Everything can stand a little improvement. Even god.

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