I personally think Edward has just been watching a load of anti-atheist videos which depict atheism as somewhat of a cult. Being an atheist only means you don't believe in gods. Your atheist doctrines make no sense as they aren't linked to atheism any more than they are linked to theism...
Doctrine 1 - This is just good science. Science doesn't try to do the impossible, and science is a measure of what exists. It cannot tell us what happened before existence. We can make some guesses though.
Doctrine 2 - I believe in consciousness (real consciousness) so I fail to see how it is an atheist doctrine. In fact I reckon most atheists believe in a consciousness. That said, I don't see the "blatant contradiction" you speak of...
Doctrine 3 - Science says everything inevitably tends to chaos in a closed system. There are however many open systems out there, and order is present in them. Order isn't an illusion, but the result of certain universal laws.
Doctrine 4 - Not inherently, but then again I make my own purpose for being there, and I don't see why other people cannot do the same. We are only a bunch of atoms after all.
Doctrine 5 - Not so. If I were to suddenly "find God" tomorrow, I would still accept Evolution and result to theistic evolution. I'm fully aware that if a God did exist, Evolution was the way it decided to create us.
So epic fail on the doctrine front. Sorry.
Doctrine 1 - This is just good science. Science doesn't try to do the impossible, and science is a measure of what exists. It cannot tell us what happened before existence. We can make some guesses though.
Doctrine 2 - I believe in consciousness (real consciousness) so I fail to see how it is an atheist doctrine. In fact I reckon most atheists believe in a consciousness. That said, I don't see the "blatant contradiction" you speak of...
Doctrine 3 - Science says everything inevitably tends to chaos in a closed system. There are however many open systems out there, and order is present in them. Order isn't an illusion, but the result of certain universal laws.
Doctrine 4 - Not inherently, but then again I make my own purpose for being there, and I don't see why other people cannot do the same. We are only a bunch of atoms after all.
Doctrine 5 - Not so. If I were to suddenly "find God" tomorrow, I would still accept Evolution and result to theistic evolution. I'm fully aware that if a God did exist, Evolution was the way it decided to create us.
So epic fail on the doctrine front. Sorry.
