My atheism is purely the absence of belief in a god or gods.
My atheism is a product of my skepticism.
My skepticism is the driving factor for my disbelief in the supernatural in general.
Atheism, by no definition I've ever heard, entails the complete rejection of the supernatural. I would have to guess that the vast majority of atheists also reject claims of the supernatural, but not necessarily.
I am also agnostic, but not just because I don't claim to know, with absolute certainty, that a god or gods do not exist. But more importantly, because I don't believe that the existence of a god or gods is knowable, at least currently.
My atheism is a product of my skepticism.
My skepticism is the driving factor for my disbelief in the supernatural in general.
Atheism, by no definition I've ever heard, entails the complete rejection of the supernatural. I would have to guess that the vast majority of atheists also reject claims of the supernatural, but not necessarily.
I am also agnostic, but not just because I don't claim to know, with absolute certainty, that a god or gods do not exist. But more importantly, because I don't believe that the existence of a god or gods is knowable, at least currently.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
