Comments by "bakters" (@bakters) on "ReligionForBreakfast" channel.

Re: "A lot of factors catalyze the Bronze Age collapse." No. There was one , single , dominant cause of it all. Consistent Crop Failures. Everything else followed from this one, single, cause. So, obviously you would expect starving tribes trying to take still fertile land by force. You would expect that weakened kingdoms would have troubles defending their land, and that this additional threat finally brings them down. It's not a combination of unrelated events, though (which is extremely unlikely to happen, by definition). So there was the main cause. Starvation. That's it.
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@areyoutheregoditsmedave " it usually is " How would you know what is "usual" if all the moderate atheists remained silent? Which they do, btw.
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@The_Practical_Daydreamer " It is in practice " It may be common, but it's by no means necessary to oppose religion, because you think people invented it.
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@marcospatricio8283 " religion is a comfort blanket " It's more than that, isn't it?
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@stereomachine " few of my atheist friends are vocally antitheist " And they give a bad name to all of us...
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@enzoarayamorales7220 You quoted me, but you did not respond to me. " dame initial purpose " Same initial purpose? If so, then no. The purpose of religion, in social context, is much broader. In that sense, the "comfort blanket" is likely just a bait which will hopefully work, so all the other goals could be achieved.
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Why a positive stance toward a moral judgement of religion is so rare? Since people invented gods, it's at least a reasonable position to think, that wise people did it for a good reason. If that was true. we should thread carefully while trying to improve upon their work. That is my stance. Am I such a rare bird among atheists?
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That problem was so hot on my mind recently. The timing is impeccable! Only the arguments and conclusions are problematic. Because I agree with them. I feel much more comfortable when I see "something" in the idea then when I just agree with it.
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@IAmAStreamerToo "Climate change" happened at the beginning of civilized age. The ice melted, the seas rose, and the humanity exploded. No wonder. They had plenty of food, so they could bounce back from every calamity that this changing climate brought onto them. Interestingly, the populations in the Classical era have never reached the Bronze Age levels. That's the origin of the Golden Age myth, and it's also essentially true.
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@merrittanimation7721 This 8.3 kilo BP event was quite severe. Medieval Warm Period was not such a big change, but still it ended Dark Ages, which killed Western Roman Empire. Anyway, all the bad periods were cold and dry and all the good were warm and humid. Yes, it goes back and forth, with a general cooling trend.
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