Maladaptive atheism

 

Here is a curious contradiction in much contemporary atheism. On the one hand, atheists are (of course) opposed to religion. On the other hand, however, many atheists today *admit* that religion has an evolutionary survival value, since it creates and/or enhances community feeling. And hence strengthens said community. (They might also add that religious conservatives have more children, while woke liberals make their children sterile.)

But if so, *atheism is a net negative*. So why are the atheists atheists? Why do they rejoice every single time statistics supposedly show that atheism is increasing? Are they just honestly confused, or is something else going on here? Some kind of bizarre nihilism? A desire to play the role of martyr, or what?

Another contradiction: atheists admit that religion gets stronger if people´s situation gets worse. But if so, *religion will never disappear*, since the human condition will – overall – always be shit. Religion will certainly not disappear during the 21^st century, as the world situation progressively deteriorates. 

So why should we root for atheism? *By the logic of the atheists themselves*, we should rather join a religion or perhaps create a new one…