Atheists do not disbelieve in God because it is irrational; they disbelieve because they do not want to reconcile this world with God or any sort of force.
Why do loads of atheists (RD and the people from his forum) still believe in happiness, free-will and love? Are you any better than a Christian with those falsehoods?
Why do I get told such nonsense such as “It is arrogant to denote that free-will does or does not exist”.
What hypocritical weaklings you are! You either go all the way or don’t bother with being an atheist.[/list]
atheism is not a cop out for not wanting to reconcile the worlds nuonces to some imaginary friend.
your force or deity might have presented itself to you in your head… however no such thing has presented itself to me, nor any other person who accepts the lable of ‘atheist’.
Faust, that’s the right question.
Allot of times people at ILP forget to ask this sort of thing about the OPer.
“Are you high, sleep-deprived, drunk, or perhaps both drunk and on drugs at the same time?”
These kinds of preceeding questions help clarify the true source of the information.
Because there is God! And he is the great sadist! Everything points in the direction of pain in this world. How can you deny such blatant things? Every road, every path, every sign, every piece of art, is not only unreal but also evil.
There is a meaning behind the unrealness, evil is the meaning. And of course you would say it is irrational; only because you don’t want to invite that thought into your mind.
There is nothing irrational about this, it makes perfect sense. We’re here to suffer for someone.
Sure. Many people, atheists included, will compartmentalize things like a (non-)belief in God with other areas of thinking, like free will, love, etc. Most people simply do not have the awareness and critical thinking skills necessary to recognize their inconsistencies.