Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)

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Well, consider the following argument:

1) Being a reasonable person entails exhibiting a certain, proper amount of humility about what we can know.
2) Atheism necessarily entails exhibiting an improper amount of humility about what we can know.
3) Therefore, atheism entails not being a reasonable person.

This argument is valid.

Science is by far the most humble endeavour. It has no agenda but to simply reflect reality through observation. Faith on the other hand says 'I know exactly where the universe came from'. Humble? I think not.

Additionally, it also provides a platform upon which to cast judgment. Science seeks only to explain. Faith and religion are more about control, ritual, and keeping the big guy happy. Science might scare a few people into thinking the Earth is overheating or the Sun might explode, but it certainly never has anyone convinced they're going to be doomed to suffer for eternity if they don't submit.