What Makes an Atheist?

Re: this meme on atheism, I doubt that an examination of the bible causes any significant number of people to disbelieve in God.

I suggest that, like so many other aspects of human behavior, it’s a matter of how our brains are “wired.” Some people are incapable of accepting ideas, especially ideas with huge impact on ourselves and our civilization, without evidence.  The matter becomes ever clearer with each passing year and the accumulation of physical evidence in scientific disciplines like astrophysics and evolutionary biology.

Others, whether it’s through fear of death or the teachings of their parents, are eager to glom onto a concept that puts their fate in the hands of a loving God, who has a plan for their lives, albeit a mysterious and unknowable one.