Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
I disagree. Having faith, that is, believing something without evidence for your position, is something that I try not to do. I am an atheist, but I am not an atheist because of faith. I do not believe in God because I do not see any evidence for such a being (at least as far as the gods described in scriptures, and the concepts of God which have been defined for me by believers).

Being an atheist does not mean saying you know with 100% certainty that there is no such thing as anything that might be worthy of the label "God". Atheism is simply the lack of a belief in gods. I lack a belief in gods because in order to believe in a god I would need to be presented with a good definition of what this god is and sufficient evidence to support the claim that it exists.

Screw faith. If you don't have enough evidence to answer a question, just be honest with yourself and say "I don't know". I don't know what caused the universe to come into existence, nor whether the Big Bang even had a cause. I don't know if there are parallel universes. I don't know if there are extraterrestrials in our galaxy. I don't know if string theory is true or not. I'm not going to make assertions about things that I don't have evidence for.

I am going to use the evidence we have, and the kinds of evidence we lack, to judge the probabilities of the claims I am presented with, without making any absolute claims to ultimate truth. I am an atheist for the same reason I don't believe in fairies; not because I have faith, but because I have not seen any evidence at all for any of the supernatural beings posited by any of the religions I have examined, and thus it is valid to say that the existence of these extraordinary beings is extraordinarily unlikely.
Not sure if this has been said before, but you are agnositc, same as I am. Agnostic's feel they do not have enough information on the matter to make a decision one way or another. Athiest feel they have enough information to declare that there isn't a god.

Just clearing that up, because there is a distinct difference between agnositc and athiest.
JaggedEdge Reviewed by JaggedEdge on . Can we agree on this? I think it all comes down to faith. You either believe something or you don't. There are no facts. I think that for every scientific fact the athiest provides, there's a counter from a different scientist that makes science fit with the word of God. Since we weren't around at the beginning, we have no clue on how we got here. What we think may have happened to start it all comes down to us trusting in someone else. Agreed? :beatdeadhorse: It always comes down to faith. Some put their faith Rating: 5