Nobody thinks we have it figured out Nate. You are very confused as to what you think an Atheist is. Not all are entirely science based. Those that are welcome changes as new things are discovered.
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The thing is, though, that to date the explanations that science has come up with have never ended up with "and so it must have been a deliberate action of an intelligent being, other than man."
You see intelligence everywhere and assume that: 1. there must be a reason for it, and 2. that reason is a God.
Neither of these statements hold any water. It appears unlikely that NDE's are any more proof of an afterlife than dreams are. Who knows what kind of panic dump the brain is doing as you near death - we may figure it out in time, but, if we do, will you abandon your belief?
Whilst seeing intelligence everywhere is great and all you might also want to consider the dumb stuff too. Look how badly we are designed physically. Look how problematic our sexual urges can be when, as they often are, they are misdirected. Ask yourself why 90% of our DNA appears to be vestigal clutter, or why there are Amoeba out there with DNA 100 times larger than ours (was God learning on the job?)
Something to think about perhaps....
In brief:
The thing is, though, that to date the explanations that science has come up with have never ended up with "and so it must have been a deliberate action of an intelligent being, other than man."
You see intelligence everywhere and assume that: 1. there must be a reason for it, and 2. that reason is a God.
Neither of these statements hold any water. It appears unlikely that NDE's are any more proof of an afterlife than dreams are. Who knows what kind of panic dump the brain is doing as you near death - we may figure it out in time, but, if we do, will you abandon your belief?
Whilst seeing intelligence everywhere is great and all you might also want to consider the dumb stuff too. Look how badly we are designed physically. Look how problematic our sexual urges can be when, as they often are, they are misdirected. Ask yourself why 90% of our DNA appears to be vestigal clutter, or why there are Amoeba out there with DNA 100 times larger than ours (was God learning on the job?)
Something to think about perhaps....
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