(January 13, 2013 at 7:29 am)Esquilax Wrote: I'm an atheist because I'm not intellectually dishonest enough to believe in things that are clearly untrue, nor am I credulous enough to accept the platitudes that religion offers in place of actual proof. Nor am I able to align myself with holy books that call for the deaths of innocent people for arbitrary reasons, regardless of whether those rules are followed to the letter today.
In short, I'm rational.
"I am rational", in what context and what topic. Because no human is above evolution. No human is right all the time, no matter how smart they are.
If all 7 billion people were atheists, you'd still have a battle over resources, and resources are all life is about. To forget that is to play into the very problem humanity continues to fight over.
I am an atheist and yes, I do not believe in a god. But labels do not constitute evolution, they only describe our personal wishes. All humans still need food, shelter and a means to survive.
Labels only describe position. Labels do not automatically make an individual good or bad.
