“Could fashion magazines be the cause of atheism?”
Mom had one issue of Cosmopolitan that did a response to one of Sports Illustrated’s first swimsuit issues. Those women were hot enough to make me believe in Aphrodite…
“in the bible it says God made man in his own image.”
Yep. it says that.
“When atheists look in the mirror and see what they look like maybe they don't think much of God at all.”
Okay, this is true. When I look in a mirror, i am usually not thinking very much at all about God. But not because of what I look like.
“Also when they get to see people in magazines they must think even less of themselves so they end up thinking even less of God.”
Why do you think i think less of myself because of photo-shopped glossy photos of professional models? They spend quite a bit of time on efforts to look that good. I do not. I am not threatened or diminished by fashion models…
“At school a lot of the atheists are feminists”
Well, nothing above tells us not to treat women as people, with the same rights and privileges that we enjoy ourselves, so, sure, makes sense.
“ and they are always complaining”
Uh huh… No risk of confirmation bias in your observations, is there?
“and one of the things i heard them say was fashion magazines were bad for their self esteem.”
Ookay. They’re young, they’ll adjust as they mature.
“In the old days there weren't magazines so people didn't know they were not very pretty”
Thinking of Holy Grail and the richer people were, the less shit was on them.
“ and maybe that could explain why atheism is increasing.”
Kind of a desperate stretch, what? Poor self-esteem means I can’t believe god made me so ugly?