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[quote=Anonymous]I am the type of atheist who has examined the evidence and simply found no evidence or need for a God, or God(s). Science is an expanding body of human knowledge about the world and the universe. At any one point of time, we are correct on some things, and incorrect on others - we understand it's a spectrum and not right/wrong absolutes but often the distinctions are impractical to our level of comprehension. For example, Newtonian physics was fine for a period of time until or level of comprehension expanded.

So yes, you can always find things that Science does not have a good answer for, because there is always a boundary to our human understanding of the world and universe. But that doesn't mean science itself is somehow inadequate. Just as you wouldn't say that the concept of a library is inadequate just because you can't find one that holds all of the books ever published or will be published. This is the first irrational mistake that religious people often make when discounting the importance of science.

The second leap of irrational thinking is that then there must be some other explanation such as god(s) that created everything. There is just no evidence for it. Again, that there are gaps to our scientific knowledge does not necessitate that there be god(s).

The third leap of irrational thinking is that not only is god(s) responsible for creating the universe, but that there is only one true god and that he is personally interested in us, just us humans, and even specifically you.

Finally, you delve into madness when you start getting specific about just in what manner is god interested in us humans, what his purpose is for our existence and how he expects us to behave.

In conclusion, I don't engage in discussions of religion with people I know because many people blindly believes who are otherwise good friends. I'd rather not call them out on it. People of course are free to believe what they want to believe, but I am also free to people who believe in god are either ignorant, manipulative, or just plain stupid in that respect.

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