Frankly you can use the same logic about Bigfoot or the Greek pantheon.
As far as I can tell according to logic, the defualt position on any positive claim is open minded disbelief. Since no one can prove that there is no deities or that there are deities, the logical position is to no believe...
They don't need to really be explained due to not haven to been proven to exist as far as I know. But there are plenty of atheists that do believe in precognitive dreams, me being one at one point, and will usually explain it with supernatural beliefs or psuedoscience.
Not all atheist are...
I somehow completely missed this thread.
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Well I'm the new guy. I'm one of those darn teenager atheists, that thinks he's all great becuase he took some associate level philosophy courses.
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But don't you worry I won't stay that way for long.....I'm turning 20 on...
Depends on how you define spirituality.
Sam Harris, an outspoken atheist and naturalist talks a lot about what he calls spiritual experiences and how they are not truly limited to religion. A good example he used is seeing a beautiful awestriking price of the natural world, like a waterfall or...
While I get where you are coming from I am still going to have to disagree.
As I find theistic belief to not be logically justified I understand what you are saying....But..
If governments where to restrict who can run for offices based on what is perceived as the rationality of a viewpoint...
Ah I see. You want to be for people who believe in a creator deity.
So Jews, Christians, Muslims, Baha'i, Deist, some Hindu and people like that?
On second thought you could be meaning just people who believe in the Abrahamic god too.
I mean it can get all kinds of confusing.
I am really tempted to say something that would have a high likelihood of making you angry. But I must resist such dark desires.
With all possible respect, from where do you choose to justify your position on same-sex marriage?