Atheism Undermines Knowledge

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I agree that atheism is simply about not believing in any deities. At the same time, you cannot maintain this lack of belief without also opposing rational inquiry or entertaining mutually exclusive ideas. The denial of god starts an endless cascade of further denials. Without the concept of god, all reason collapses.

I think the problem you're having is that you're mistaking "I don't know," as a denial. It's not: what it is, is an acceptance that we aren't in possession of all the facts and that, given this, the intellectually honest thing to do is not to latch onto an answer until we do know more.

I don't think the things you're saying here are terribly compelling, but since they're all based on a premise that is simply false, I don't feel the need to deconstruct them beyond pointing out that your basis is not true. The atheist answer to the question "how did the universe begin?" is not "not a god, that's for sure!"

It's "I don't know. Let's not pretend like we do, and instead go looking for the actual truth, regardless of what it may turn out to be."