Quote:I like your conclusion and I will try and learn from it, but I still find issues because your viewpoint is not a "belief", whereas your friends is a belief.
Incorrect. I believe in life, reality, fun, happiness and pretty much anything else that can be empirically supported. Saying Atheists lack "belief" is basically your means to try and rationalize their rejection of your belief in some sky GOD. It's purely dogmatic and nothing more.
Quote:This may sound over the top, but I need to think of creationist as "thick" or simple, instead of cold blooded deniers of obvious evidence.
Yes because it requires them not to have to do any actual thinking because it's easy to say the word "GOD"..:/ But of course that also means they don't have to discuss the complexity, systems, and process ect ect required to support a conscious state, cognitive systems, or cognitive processing. Ask them why a rock isn't conscious vs why they are and they will bust a bubble in the brain considering it takes less cause and process to support a rock's unconscious existence than their own.. So it's best to just accept that they aren't ever going to bother with such critical thinking on the subject. It usually means they are very afraid of reality, and it's not really necessary to force them to face it in a friendship..
