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Originally posted by jluetjen
Being a professed Athiest, you believe that "There is no God". I'm just trying to understand if there is any logic that supports that choice, or are you in the same boat as Christians -- namely basing your belief on faith?
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My logic is that there is no compelling evidence of god(s) existence. Many people believe that a creature called Bigfoot exists (and no, I'm not comparing god to Bigfoot - insert the Loch Ness Monster or UFOs or something). Anyway, there is a lot of circumstantial evidence like footprints, blurry photos, recorded howling, etc. that something like Bigfoot exists, but to me, nothing compelling. So...I don't believe that he exists. Is it possible? Sure. But I don't think so. Is it logical to believe that Bigfoot exists just because other people do? I mean, their experience (sighting, whatever it was) was very intense and real to them? Is it logical for me to discount it? Yeah. I think so.
Now, if someone was to catch a Bigfoot (or Nessie or a UFO) and submit it for study by appropriate experts, etc. and the result was that, sure enough a new species had been found, then I would change my mind and accept that Bigfoot exists.
Now, we can argue what is compelling evidence and what is not, but I have not come to my decision of non-belief lightly and without considerable thought, so it must pass my litmus test of "compellingness". I get to make that rule.
Is my atheism logical? I think so. I am applying the same logic that I apply to everything else. It works for me.
Mike