(December 6, 2022 at 7:55 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(December 6, 2022 at 7:51 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Probably has to do with the fact that the word "atheism" refers specifically to the idea of gods being extant.
As a young atheist, I was someone who did not believe in gods but believed in stuff like psychic powers etc. That's because being atheist is no guarantee of being rational.
The unspoken premise of your point here is that all atheism arises from the application of rationality by the atheist to all aspects of his or her life. It's not correct.
That's how most atheists see themselves, as paragons of rational thinking and intellectual excellence. It's not correct.
And no one said it was correct. Why, then, do you adhere to it in your professed image of atheists, even though you know it's incorrect?