Fidhooki, I suppose that name calling is easier for you than thinking. Racist, bigot, or whatever other inappropriate term you want to whip out of your unsophisticated vocabulary and wave around. You will have trouble making it stick though. Atheism, as I took pains to explain to you is the absence of belief. It is not subject to fundamentalism. You may challenge it at any time with rational argument and evidence. If you can prove god, you have triumphed and atheism will melt away. Atheism is not a bigoted belief, as it supports no position, only asks that a particular belief be proven. You cannot be an atheist zealot as explained above, as empirically proving the existence of god will trump atheism.
Belief without evidence is a delusion; and while that delusion may make you happy or bring you comfort, or offer you the illusion of protection against the death; it is still a delusion. Just because it is comforting; it does not make it true.
I used thirty words to rebut your insinuation as to your moral standing being somehow higher, to reaffirm an atheist position on the requirement for proof; threw in a pun about raising in the form of yeast, and an admonition about rubbing your mind up against a book to widen it. Four distinct points in thirty words. That is efficiency.
By the way, I do not possess a university education, I am an admitted autodidact. Constantly rubbing my mind up against new subjects and thoughts in order to broaden it; Science, the arts, religion, history, politics and even poetry.
Perhaps I do sound like an arrogant asshole; but if it is true (and it is not) I am an arrogant asshole who can string together an argument, writing clearly with a dramatic flair, humour and a sense of amazement and irony.
Whats your excuse?
Belief without evidence is a delusion; and while that delusion may make you happy or bring you comfort, or offer you the illusion of protection against the death; it is still a delusion. Just because it is comforting; it does not make it true.
Quote:No, you did not hit a nerve, you would be hard pressed to hit the broad side of a barn with an idiom. By the way, engineers are proponents of the KISS principle; most mechanics are on the hour, so prefer complexity.
Is it? You just used thirty words to say I'm delusional for
believing in god. What's a matter? Did I hit a nerve or did
I hit the nail on the head? There's an old proverb among
mechanics called KISS. It means:
'Keep it simple stupid.'
Try it sometime. It might prevent those that don't have the
benifit of a college education from thinking you are an
arrogant asshole.
I used thirty words to rebut your insinuation as to your moral standing being somehow higher, to reaffirm an atheist position on the requirement for proof; threw in a pun about raising in the form of yeast, and an admonition about rubbing your mind up against a book to widen it. Four distinct points in thirty words. That is efficiency.
By the way, I do not possess a university education, I am an admitted autodidact. Constantly rubbing my mind up against new subjects and thoughts in order to broaden it; Science, the arts, religion, history, politics and even poetry.
Perhaps I do sound like an arrogant asshole; but if it is true (and it is not) I am an arrogant asshole who can string together an argument, writing clearly with a dramatic flair, humour and a sense of amazement and irony.
Whats your excuse?