(October 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: You're an atheist born of ignorance rather than conviction.
Certainly true for me. I'm an atheist first and foremost because I am completely ignorant of 'god'. But I don't assume that I am ignorant of anything real. If any gods show themselves to me I suppose I'd no longer be an atheist. Same goes for Nessy, unicorns and fairies at the bottom of the garden.. My ignorance isn't necessarily a permanent condition nor am I wed to it. But it is what it is and I'm not interested in listening to anyone's testimony of how they came to believe in the extraordinary things which are not commonplace.