The Case for Atheism

[Neo-Scholastic]

What exactly do I allow?

All I'm talking about is what you do not allow.

It [science] has led me to an enriching and fulfilling life while simultaneously allowing me to overcome much adversity.

And that's wonderful. Good for you. Is it at least conceivable that your life could be even more enriched by expanding into other areas?

Perhaps that line of thinking is what led you to become a theist?

It truly is. I have loved science since I was a child. I used to play hooky from school just so I could watch the science shows on PBS, instead of having to read "Ramona" and "Boxcar Children" stories. When I was eight years old, I surprised my immunologist aunt, because I knew about DNA and actually understood the basics. When I was 12, I saved my allowance to get a subscription to OMNI magazine. And I taught myself how to to write programs for our school's Apple I. I love science.

Even though I was an Architecture student in college, I used every elective to study philosophy. At one point I had wittled away every theistic idea from my thinking. Even then I had many things I puzzled over that defied all my attempts to find solutions without appeal to transcendent principles. For me it didn't work. Something was always missing. I found the alternate approach much more fruitful.

Now if questions of value and quality do not interest you, then atheism works just fine. Who am I to say what you need to find purpose and joy in life? At the same time, I think trying to address those issues without stepping outside of purely physical explanations is a fool's errand (figure of speech, not implying anyone is a fool.)