Atheism teaches that there is/was no creator. So if you're an atheist you're forced to conclude that cancer and death are just naturally what happens along with abiogenesis.
No it doesn't, atheism is simply "disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods." Nothing more nothing less, no tuition involved.
However, yes cancer and death are natural, cancer by errors in cell division, (you could blame your omniscient god for screwing up there). Death by the cessation of biological function (what god creates worshippers that conk out just when the veneration is getting good?,)
You may be interested to know, who knows if you'll ever need it but medical science is making progress to a/ reduce cancer and b/ prolong life.
DF's reply is very typical response of creationists.
They don't understand atheism so they mixed it up with science.
And they don't understand science, so they confused it with atheism.
It is just plain stubborn ignorance, or is it deliberate dishonesty?
To DavidFirth:
Atheism is only related to the question of theistic religion, not science.
As Christine said, atheism is only about atheists disagreeing with theists about the existence of god or gods.
Atheism has nothing to do with science.
Science is a tool for acquiring knowledge and for making use of that knowledge (application).
Scientists are professionals in their respective scientific fields, provided they have education, training and experiences to work in that fields.
A scientist can be an atheist, agnostic or theist, BUT atheism, agnosticism and theism are not science.
Take Georges Lemaître for example. He was a Roman Catholic priest, but his professional job was that of astrophysicist. And as a scientist, he was one of the pioneers of expanding universe model, better known later as the Big Bang theory. His work in science has nothing to do with the Catholic Church or with his personal religious belief.
Atheism and theistic religions have nothing to do with science.
Religious belief is more like personal opinion or personal taste.
For instance, if you were an atheist, and you like R&B music, does that mean atheism = R&B music? The answer, of course, is no.
That was simply a hypothetical scenario and question.
You can be a Christian, Jew, Hindu or deist, and like R&B songs, but it doesn't mean that those respective religions are one and the same as R&B music.
You are generalising, DavidFirth. You think that just because a scientist work in the field of abiogenesis, that make abiogenesis is the same as atheism. You are making generalised and faulty assumptions about both abiogenesis and atheism.
The question is, are you just scientifically ignorant creationist or are you dishonest creationist?
