Religion
In reply to the discussion: 3 universal truths all religions agree upon: [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)Most atheists do not believe that "science supports their position". Atheists are not making an affirmative claim for the existence of anything, and do not have a position that needs either "support" or "faith". We simply withhold acceptance of the existence of the god of the Bible, or the gods in anyone else's pantheon, because we find no convincing evidence for them. Do you believe firmly in the existence of Zeus, Thor or Queztalcoatl? Do you give the possibility of their real and actual existence any credence at all? If you're like most people, I doubt it, and you don't need to have their existence "disproven" in order to feel entirely rational in rejecting it utterly. Seriously, this is Atheism 101. Can it really be that this is all a mystery to you?
And the dodge that "you can't prove god exists" is just lame hand-waving. If a "god" is claimed to influence and be influenced by events in the physical world (as most are), then evidence for or against their existence can be had, whether you admit it or not. Obviously, nothing like that is ever proven to a 100% certainty (That's Thinking 101), but there can be so much evidence for the existence of something (like atoms) that no sane person would deny it. A "god" like the one described in the Bible could surely provide such evidence if it existed, yes?