Sunstone said:Perhaps you didn't mean it this way, but your choice of words here would seem to imply that you believe you are speaking for all atheists. There is a huge diversity of thought between atheists, and no one person represents all atheists.
BTW, I think the notion that religious people will believe anything is either superficial and shallow, or so vague as to be practically meaningless. Could you restate your thought in such a way that it makes some sense?
My understanding of being an Atheist means you do not believe in ANY Gods, and BTW, please read the 'Quote' below
MidnightBlue said:Do you find it at all believable that Joseph Smith received golden plates from an angel, and from God the miraculous ability to translate them?
Do you think it's at all likely that Muhammad made a miraculous night journey to Jerusalem and from there to heaven?
Do you think there's a pretty good chance that Loki really, in the form of a mare, gave birth to Odin's eight-legged steed Sleipnir?
Can you give any objective reason for believing that your own belief is more plausible than these,
or that any of them are more plausible than invisible pink unicorns?
Don't most religions, taken literally, require suspension of disbelief?
And why should it be so offensive to make a comparison between something most people don't believe and something no one believes?
The 'Quote' above gave rise to this thread.
I was wondering if there was a point at which even the most
religious person would say to themselves ' enough is enough ' even I can't believe that.
Mattp said:I have a question. Being an Athiest, why do you have a hard time believing in God?
For the reasons given above, and as you are affronted when someone questions your sanity for believing in a God,
so it is with me, I am affronted that you could even think me capable of believing in a God, to me it is like saying you think I am mad.