Quote:It would be very nice if atheists would spend more time stating their beliefs rather than attack others.
I don't think you know what you are really asking for here, as atheism only tells you ONE thing about a person. You will get a hundred answers, and the majority of them would be different.
Quote:So, what are your personal beliefs as it pertains to the origin of matter/life?
We actually know the origin of atomic matter, in short, nucleosynthesis. I can only assume that this is what you mean by matter.
As far as life is concerned, I don't know the origin of the very first living cell. However, me not knowing does not give other people license to posit a hyper-dimensional Gandalf that poofed it into existence using psychic powers from an intangible brain. It is nonsense, and the highest form of it, to explain an unknown with the unimaginably improbable.
I would more generally advocate that one only leave one entrance into their mind(reason), and keep the rest of it rather closed, as it is one hell of a lot easier to shovel shit in than it is to get it out.
If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.
If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.
