Justification is not simply the reason to believe. It is whether one should believe. That is a moral or ethical question. I'll leave that to individuals to decide by their standards.
In any case, though 'being atheist' certainly ought to carry some psychological impact and cause, however I...
I said nothing about justification. I believe there are psychological reasons behind desire, regardless of the desire. Other reasons, as well.
I'm not a theist.
I am willing, and do accept that.
There are no universal rules to how seriously one takes their theism either. Or any belief at all about any topic of any flavor, for that matter.
You do realize I'm defending atheism, right?
Actually, what we are debating is the nature of God, specifically how God should communicate. Which is why the Bible actually gets as much of a say as everyone else. That is, not to say much at all. However, given the weight of numerous shared opinions on the matter, it becomes a bit more than...
Well it's a philosophical position not a psychological condition. Taking it seriously or not is psychological, of course.
Each of us gets to decide how seriously we take atheism from inside or outside and subject to change of any type for any reason at any time.
Tis often felt to this one here
That pretty words do oft endear
That clever play upon one's speech
May pull past skepticism's reach
That though afar a point may lay
Poetic verse might win the day
Confounding in it's silver line
The shiny object steals your mind
Conviction justifies belief of all types. People believe what they believe for a variety of reasons. No reason exists in a vacuum, thus if one's belief hinges on a single thing it is not likely to endure new information regardless of what that single reason is.
It's never the reason, therefore...
If any transcendence is occurring, I'd say its through communication and history. Little pieces of us leaving our mind, and living on despite our physical death. Our individual minds are dwarfed by the collective. If that isn't transcendental, then I don't know the definition.
So you're wondering why Christians in a cheesy YouTube apocalypse fiction are acting contrary to sense.
To appeal to their audience on a personal level, obviously.
I disagree, the frequency of artificial universes would still be measurable even if there were infinite universes, thus anything that lessons the frequency of any particular phenomenon lessons its possibility from the hypothetical standpoint we are looking at it from.
No, lets just assume that...
I think the only real quality a God needs is some sort of owness, responsibility, culpability or something similar over humanity. This can be direct or indirect, in part or in total, intentional or accidental, by origin or by maintenance.
It is important to note that this is only my personal...
Yes, but the issue is that you can't demonstrate the possibility of any of them, thus you cannot describe them as necessarily possible in this way.
1 & 2: These are both a given based on the OP, I've been sure to stress this. I do not actually agree that the universe is fine-tuned or that...