The irrationality of the atheist can primarily be seen in his actions – and it is here that the cowardice of his intellectual convictions is also exposed. Whereas Christians and the faithful of other religions have good reason for attempting to live by the Golden Rule – they are commanded to do so – the atheist does not.I always wonder how supposedly bright people can seriously hold such grand contradictions. Surely they cause massive friction as the concepts rub & scrape against each other inside their brains? But I gradually came to understand that the ability to hold major contradictory thoughts is endemic to humans - though I still can't see why.
The only reason I can think of for why it should be a good thing, is because otherwise too many people would die of spontaneous combustion.
I suspect that for many people, ideas are little more than jingles, and their contradictions cause no more discomfort than you experience after seeing several commercials at one sitting.
I don't know either. I also made this observation, but how these people are able to compartmentalize their mind so these contradictory beliefs don't collide and the resulting cognitive dissonance doesn't drive them mad is still a mystery to me. Well, guess I'll never find out ;)