(November 19, 2019 at 10:59 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: I don't think that it is. Either way, this is just a variant of the "angry at/disappointed with god" song and dance.
I'd be interested to see how many people can, with rigorous introspection, offer a justification for why they don't believe. I wouldn't be surprised to find tons of stories about how and when people realized that they didn't..but why or how? That information isn't actually made available to our conscious selves. It isn't necessary. No more so than the whys and hows of our favorite tastes and textures in food are made available.
Most, if not all, atheists here can. No one here is lacking in intelligence to not be able to provide justification for their lack of belief. Often times, the factor is motivation/interest. Some atheists here don't really care to justify, and that's fine.
Most mental ideas/thoughts don't surface into the consciousness anyway until we are driven into bringing them up.
