Reasons

[Eilonnwy]

I agree with the video, but I think it totally misses the point, when facing serious question. I don't assert that you're narrow minded for not believing in God. I call you narrow minded for not entertaining anything not exactly describable by science, now or in the future. Essentially it's fatally flawed. You need to be gullible to think that is conclusive, which I guess supports my point.

No, it doesn't.

First, you're creating a strawman where you essentially assert that atheists close their eyes and go "There is not god! There is no god!"

Most atheists do not choose atheism, it comes from honestly questioning and criticizing your beliefs and then come to the conclusion that they are wrong. Atheists, especially skeptics, are usually the ones that have "entertained" other ideas and eventually come to the conclusion that science is the best method for finding what is true. And if something meets that criteria, it's true. If it doesn't, it's not true until new evidence comes to show it's true.

It is gullible to believe in something without substantial evidence. It is always better to not believe something until there is substantial evidence to change that opinion. We're the ones who are constantly asking for evidence, good evidence, and willing to change our opinion should that evidence come along.

One of my favorite analogies for atheism is to compare it to a trial. In order to be convicted you must present the evidence and show that the person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is reasonable doubt, you must conclude they are not guilty, but that DOESN'T make them innocent. That's what atheists and skeptics do, they're holding back belief in something to there is no reasonable doubt that would make that belief false.

I fully admit, that it is possible to not believe in something that is true and find out later that you're wrong. But until that evidence comes along it is always more reasonable to not believe but be willing to change your mind once the evidence shows it to be true. If you don't, then you're open to believing many false things.

It's you who display these attributes you accuse us of. When I pointed out contradictions in the Bible you dismissed them as not holding any water without bothering to even consider them or give your evidence for doing so, which only goes to show you've closed your mind to any contradicting evidence. You're dogmatic in your beliefs and THAT is narrow minded.