(November 29, 2012 at 10:35 pm)Gambit Wrote: Not quite; I'm curious to learn what leads people to lack belief in gods. I'm curious about the supposed correlation between logical thinking and atheism.
I wouldn't say that there is necessarily a correlation between reason and atheism. I think that where reason takes you is largely a function of what axioms / fundamental presuppositions you're willing to accept, and what your personal standard of evidence is.
As for myself, despite looking, I have not seen sufficient credible evidence that any deities exist, or would even be necessary - as we unfold the secrets of how things appear to work, we find only natural processes (and more questions, of course).
I'll go further and say that even if I became certain of some specific deity claims, I would not worship them, nor change my life in any way.
Others will disagree, of course, and that's OK.