I reflected on this question for sometime, before remembering that so many theological approaches to faith demand no such demonstration of existence. I have had the pleasure of talking to a few Orthodox Jews for example, who I don't think would even find the question meaningful. To them God is...
I am an atheist, and certainly don't want that. Most Western atheists like chocolate - that does not infer a relationship.
Sure, and they might do all of that and be atheist.
No, not at all - atheism just relates to belief in a God, not the supernatural.
What do you mean 'merely a materialist' and what do you mean about their behaviour?
Ever heard of trying to discuss stuff like an adult? Rather than giving up instantly.
All I did was politely ask you about your claim - which is what this forum is for. There is no need to throw a tantrum and get nasty.
Yes I know, but your reasoning is so far not apparent.
So you give up flinging insults before we even start - because of my 'tone'. Never liked pidgeon chess.
Well as long as it is not that you have started to believe in God, none of those things are related to atheism. So sure, you can believe in unicorns and be atheist.
That doesn't even make sense. There is no statistical data demonstrating anything that conflicts with materialism, and atheism has nothing to do with materialism anyway.
You can't render a position untenable by just dismissing it without a rational argument.
Why would that matter? You could hold no belief that is in conflict with materialism, and still not be a materialist. As to your example a great many atheists believe in all manner of things - the only thing that they share in common is that they do not believe in God.
Sure, but only from one side clearly. You need to familiarise yourself with the scientific view.
No, there is natural variation, genetic drift, adaptation, selection, inter-breeding, hybidisation, speciation and so on.
As I suggested, look up a couple of biology books.
By the way, the best...
Well every time a cell divides due to replication errors for one example. When dna is struck by a particle and damaged, as in radiation, whenever a organism reproduces etc.
There are 150,000 such variations in the average human, the probability that several express in a way that has an impact on...