(December 3, 2015 at 9:46 pm)marko Wrote:(December 3, 2015 at 2:23 am)ignoramus Wrote: Marko, you were an atheist too before your parents shoved the bullshit down your throat.
Not believing is the default position.
Do you understand that concept?
Being driven to atheism is what happens when you're not driven to church and brainwashed....
Sad but true...
This is good, a lot of you have said this, but I like how this is worded. " Not believing is the default position". Now if only it can be said without the baggage of evolution following behind. I have a question, do you believe in evolution as a fallback to believe in something, as the National Acadamy of Sciences tells you to, or do you believe in evolution for the sake of evolution itself.'' Not believing is the default position'' can stand on its own. I think it would do atheism better to leave it out.
You are correct. Disbelief in any claim is the default position. The time to start believing something is when it is supported by demonstrable, repeatable, falsifiable evidence and reasoned argument.
And you know what? There are mountains of evidence to support evolution as the best model to explain the diversity of life on Earth. Evolution has been observed in the lab and in the field.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
