Do atheists need some faith?

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[quote='Felasco' pid='312338' dateline='1342716791']
Whether another method is available doesn't speak to whether evidence, argument and logic are qualified to determine whether a god exists.

It certainly doesn't disqualify them and you haven't given any reason for the disqualification either.

This perspective mirrors a theist's perspective on why a god must exist.

It's not that hard to propose that the abilities of a single species on a single planet, in one of billions of galaxies, would most likely not be qualified to answer such a huge question such as "what does or doesn't lie at the heart of all reality?"

"Most likely"? You are arguing probability here? Given the fact that those very abilities of a single species on a single planet on one of the billions of galaxies have helped us to amass a wealth of knowledge about reality far beyond anyone's possible imagination, I'd say that its your proposal that's hard to swallow.

You've bypassed the point by stating our reality is reality (in an absolute sense) and then compared to our collective imaginations.

We might recall that we were only recently living in caves, we spend billions maintaining enough weaponry to extinguish our entire civilization in about an hour, and we are rather busy knowingly destroying the environment we depend upon for our survival. The evidence seems to indicate that aren't exactly a genius species.

We might also recall that we are no longer living in caves, our capacity for mass destruction is on par with that biblical despot, our dependence on environment has been on constant decline and our power to change it to suit our needs is growing. The evidence suggests that there is no species that is smarter.

So earth's smartest species is capable of assessing absolute trurh?