Why atheism is irrational

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

It seems we have a language barrier here. Vinny, I your own words, what does it mean for something to be rational or irrational?

In the context of atheism, in particular my argument,

I believe atheism as a position to be rational if it is arrived at through sound reasoning.

In light of that, we ask "What is the probability that children prize sound reasoning over other forms of arriving at knowledge/truth?" "What is the probability that children USE sound reasoning as opposed to adults?" "What is the probability that people who are so preoccupied with hate and anger base their philosophical views on hate and anger as opposed to reason?"

That's my methodology here.

Now I've granted before and I'll grant again that this doesn't let me conclude that ALL atheists are irrational. But I think we can assign some meaningful probability estimates such that the probabilities are significantly low (that sound reasoning is used) given the factors I've mentioned.

Non sequitur... and atheism it's not a belief... it's a lack of belief.

Edit:dammit, ninjaed by rationalman.

Actually, being an atheist logically entails the belief that atheism is true. This is the case EVEN IF atheism is a lack of a belief. Which I think is a nonsensical definition anyway. We can discuss that some other time.

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All the points I raise suggest atheism is more about irrationality and/or emotion than reason.

What, because they call you names? Have you ever considered that they just don't like you? and that it has nothing to do with their atheism?

Cumulatively, all these points just raise the probabilities higher and higher. Combined with the lack of any good arguments or scientific evidence in support of atheism, one can conclude with a high degree of confidence that most atheism is irrational.

Atheism doesn't need any arguments, seriously? Do you understand the burden of proof? And you are just lying when you say there is no scientific evidence to support atheism. There is certainly plenty that discredits the christian god. The earth is billions of years old for one, the bible says otherwise. It also says humans came from adam and eve. But there is no evidence of this in our DNA, if it were true, we would see a genetic bottle neck. But there is none. I could literally write for hours about all the scientific evidence that discredits and contradicts god and supports atheism.

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I hope you're kidding. Children at a young age are not skeptical at all? Can you think about that statement for a second and tell me how you can make such a sweeping, total universal claim? Ugh.

Please explain why children believe in santa, the tooth fairy, the easter bunny etc. Oh please lets hear your hypothesis on this.

I mean, we could take your same argument and make it show atheism to be nonsensical.

a) Kids believe all kinds of nonsense.
b) Most atheists became atheists when they were kids

Unsupported assertion, please provide the peer reviewed study that confirms this.

Why do you post if you have not read the full scope of my claim? Read it again. If you're interested in a serious discussion, we can do that provided you know what you're talking about.

I've concluded nothing solely on the fact that people call me names. In fact their name-calling strokes my ego a little.