(June 14, 2009 at 1:45 pm)dagda Wrote: This is a little game. Not to be taken too seriously (or too lightly). Convince me atheism is the right path to go down. Just to keep things fresh don't use the classic 'there is no evidence hence such and such does not exist'. Perhaps a little unfair, but if you don't like it, don't post. Anyway, I figure that one of you must have another good argument hidden under your hat.
I like this game, it caused me to consider why atheism offers me the same "magic" that religion offers so many of the masses of humanity throughout history. My answer? The mystery of the universe does not disappear when you choose not to put some mythic god at it's source. Thinking, wondering, longing for an understanding of the nature of matter, existence itself is my source of "faith". I just don't know, nor do any deists out there. Admitting this is the path.
My equivalent to the "glory" described by religious folk can be found looking at a starry night sky. Yes, I want to know where this all came from, but no, simple mythic answers just won't do.
