When he was an adult who posted that, and clearly did not mean “this is some stupid thing I thought as a kid because I didn’t know better”.
Actually he says that he wasn’t a proper atheist at the time which basically means that he didn’t really think clearly about the issue.
I don’t think the thought itself is stupid. It just doesn’t fit the complexity of the situation.
When he was an adult who posted that, and clearly did not mean “this is some stupid thing I thought as a kid because I didn’t know better”.
Actually he says that he wasn’t a proper atheist at the time which basically means that he didn’t really think clearly about the issue.
I don’t think the thought itself is stupid. It just doesn’t fit the complexity of the situation.