Thoughts On Atheism and Faith

[KevinM1]

I have respect for all those who seek truth.
I may disagree with atheists, but I can still respect them as people regardless. I do not see how disrespect will accelerate our arrival at absolute truth and understanding of the universe, if that is your greater purpose.

With that said, having read all of your responses, I would like to finish with expressing my stance on any form of skepticism in a God, or atheism.
(Knowing full well it will be mocked and picked apart, I accept the critical analysis, but do not understand the necessity of disrespect.
I am simply doing this to express my belief, not to prove it. Some may not care, and that's fine by me, but I personally think everyone's belief has some value as we are all going through the experience of being human and existing in the universe.)

God exists and is truth itself. Moreover, not just any God, but only God as referred to in the bible.
Those who seek truth and find truth, whether by means of skepticism, science, or faith, will ultimately arrive at the Christian God.
And thus, if the atheist was successful in finding truth, they would find the Christian God.
If the scientist was to one day know all, they would come to the conclusion of the Christian God.

I call bullshit on "I am simply doing this to express my belief, not to prove it."  What's the point of going onto an atheist forum, when you know you'll encounter varying forms of resistance to your belief, if you're not, at the very least, trying to have a discussion about the veracity of that belief?  Especially when the OP was specifically about trying to paint atheists as being just as faithful as theists?

No, you wanted to dazzle us with your 'argument' and instead got schooled on exactly how vacuous it was, and now you're trying to backpedal.  Because we atheists?  We've heard all this before.  Many times.  And it's just as stupid now as it was the first time we heard it.  If you're gonna try your hand at apologetics, you need to bring more to the table than the kindergarten level stuff.

Beyond that, you've merely illustrated that you:

1. Don't know what atheism even is
2. Don't grasp basic logic (lol at your assessment of what the burden of proof is/is used for/why it must be met)
3. Apparently believe in nothing but wild assertions

And, no, sorry, not everyone's belief holds value.  If it's based on irrationality, or cannot be supported by evidence, or leads to actions that harm people, then it's junk, and deserves all the derision it gets.  All ideas are not equal.