[Serious] Why are you an Atheist?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It’s a theory (scientific in nature) with a lot of suporting evidence.  No faith required, the evidence has been published in peer reviewed journals for all to see.

“Creation” is a claim with no supporting evidence.

And you didn’t answer my question.

See you do have some certainty in your life.  You believe in something with “a lot of supporting evidence”.  Thats good, it may be true or it may be false...One thing is evidenced...You have faith in something.  You can no longer call yourself unfaithful.

I for your question I think the obvious answer is SELF-EVIDENT.

I think you're using 'faith' in two different contexts.

In one sense, 'faith' can be defined as a reasonable expectation or belief based on prior experience.  In the religious sense, it is more accurately defined as belief based on no experience.  You can't have a reasonable expectation of the Resurrection or heaven or hell, because you have no experience these things.

Virtually every time I'm flicked a light switch from OFF to ON, the relevant bulb emits light. Thus, I have a reasonable expectation that this is what's going to happen then next time I flick that switch.  If you want to call this expectation a kind of faith, I shan't argue it.

What has never, ever not once happened is that turning the switch causes stewed cabbage to spew out of the light fixture.  Now, if I were a member of the ElectroStewed Brassica Sect, I might have faith that this would happen.  But this is an expectation NOT based on experience.  In otherwords, an unreasonable one.

Boru