Is God all in our heads--a product of brain chemistry?

[trotsky]

11. You know, the more I read this the more insulting it gets.

In this analogy, everyone possesses the neural equipment to receive the radio program in varying degrees. Some have the volume turned low. Perhaps Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have hit the mute button.

If this were the case, why isn't every human being given the same antenna? What sense does it make to give some people defective equipment that can't hear the divine? And why should others be given ones that pick up the broadcast but get it so, so wrong and decide that god is telling them to oppress or kill others?

And what's with assigning atheists this deliberate intent to "hit the mute button"? That's essentially saying atheists really DO hear the same thing, but we (out of a desire to be evil, perhaps? I mean, that's been the typical refrain of theists over the centuries, so they can spread hatred and distrust of atheists) disregard it intentionally. What the actual fuck?

Someone in this group insists that we should build bridges, not walls. I bet he'll love this article, though.