Best Living Spokesman for Atheism

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There was a time when everybody believed in elves and fairies. This was the way the simple folk explained certain phenomena, flint arrow heads were "fairy shot" and sudden pains were caused by being shot by a fairy, that's why they are called "shooting pains". Belief in god is no different, it is a way for the feeble minded to explain things to themselves without actually finding out what actually is going on. What you are doing is using the medieval technique of having simplistic and vapid ideas for things and slapping your hands together and saying "that's that then god did it" you seem to see it as plus that you can hold on to such outmoded ideas when in fact it just shows you as being intellectually bankrupt. The answer to no question when properly investigated, has required a god or any other supernatural or paranormal explanation your position is only backed up by empty words that have been thought up by people trying to wish their stupid and delusional beliefs into being even a little likely and they all fail badly. I find unconvincing because they are not backed by actual evidence. I find them unconvincing because arguments can be made to support any position you want to take. I find them unconvincing because the thing they are trying to support is the most unlikely thing that I can imagine.

Your analogy fails. In trying to draw an analogy between shooting pains and God belief, you say it is a way for the feeble minded to explain things to themselves without actually finding out what actually is going on.

But we have no reason to believe this is true of either belief, even if the beliefs are wrong.

Your argument rests on a failed analogy.

Now do you see why I think atheists don't have good reasons for what they believe?

The medieval people had reasons to believe in the fairies and elves, why else would they believe. My analogy does fail despite your refusal to accept it. By the way not finding an argument convincing is a good reason to not believe it. If I failed to convince you that I used to be a popstar would you still be wrong to not believe I used to be a popstar? In your head you believe everything everyone ever tells you without any evidence. This is not how you operate or you would also believe in Shiva and all the other pantheon of gods around the world. You don't believe in them so why do you find it so hard to accept that we don't believe in your god OR all the others.