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Originally Posted by d2_e4
One of those people you quoted made an adage I live by. Occam's Razor, as it is now known, and it is a perfect example of logic vs. religion.
You have to remember, back in those days, being anti-church (whether that meant atheist, anti-religious, round-earther, heliocentrist, w.e) was a certain exile/death sentence. Galileo took it on the chin and went out with his head held high. William of Ockham is known for a theory that basically says "religion is bull****" - he just put it in euphemistic enough terms so that he could avoid getting his head cut off.
Next you'll be telling me that every one of your Congressmen and Senators is actually religious. Yet, since it is literally impossible for an atheist to get elected to anything in the US, I bet the public record says that 100% of them are religious.
His writings certainly suggest he was religious and I haven't seen any credentialed source claim he was not. You asked for cites earlier for some pretty straightforward claims, do you have one for this rather extra-ordinary one?
If you're going to label any religious person's reasoning that you agree with as "anti-religious", your point is going to be suspiciously easy to support. Again I think you are falling into the trap where you make it very easy to hold on to fantastic claims, exactly the type of thinking that nets us religious beliefs that can actually be harmful.