Please introduce us to the person who became atheist without reference to human reason.
I can think of lots of people who lost their faith due to loss of family, and reached a conclusion that there is no God. Their decision wasn't a rational one, it was because the idea of the God in their mind couldn't exist, and if that particular God doesn't exist then no God must exist. That's not a reasonable position. On top of that, we have people who are atheists but are still religious, such as certain kinds of Buddhists, who tend to follow in the understanding of their religious tenets rather than become atheist because they reasoned their way to that position. Then there are implicit atheists, who are atheists because they are unaware or ignorant of the claim or possibility of a God's existence.
Yes, unless we have proof that the rules of human are binding upon all of reality, we shouldn't go around making claims based on that assumption.
I agree - to the extent that I THINK I understand what you mean by "binding upon all reality". Thus far, I'm assuming that you mean "we can't assume human reasoning - as it currently exists - is capable of giving us answers, or even forming conclusions, on every single potential aspect of the Universe". If that's what you mean, then I agree with you. What makes you think that anyone here, atheist or otherwise, disagrees with that?
I agree with the principles of atheism, I am complaining about the fact that forum atheists rarely apply those principles to their own position.
What principles?
It's not reason to apply the test only to the other fellow's position. That's ideology. As I have attempted to explain 1,000 times to no effect.
What do you mean that "forum atheists" don't "apply the test" to their own position?
No, I didn't say that either. You appear to have a reading disorder.
You've repeatedly asserted that we can't form conclusions about particular claims because we have no reason to assume human reasoning "is binding upon all reality" and it is unreasonable to assume what the state of the Universe truly depends on when we have so little information about it. If you didn't mean that human reasoning is limited, what exactly did you mean?
They are not ad hominem attacks.
Clearly you're the one with the reading disorder then.
I'm attempting to explain why forum atheists typically relentlessly stick to the same very basic clueless positions for years at a time. It's because they can't let go of the notion that they are superior to theists. It's a purely emotional agenda, which is why reason can not touch their opinion.
I have yet to see a single shred of evidence that this is even remotely true. Based on what you have said so far, it is clearly YOU who thinks you are superior. You have repeatedly insulted, patronized and ridiculed people in this thread. Those are not the actions of a reasonable, or humble, person.
I'm sorry if that's too personal for some, but if there is to be any hope of such conversations going anywhere other than round and round in a tiny pointless circle, the reality of the situation sooner or later has to be addressed.
And the reality of the situation won't be reached by you making personal attacks, baseless assumptions and generally behaving in an arrogant, superior manner. If you want reasonable debate, behave reasonably.
..the egg on your face is beginning to drip...