Even if the Bible - or any other 'sacred' writing - were to have a sufficiently convincing provenance (i.e., Paul wrote Galatians, the gospel authors wrote the books attributed to them, Moses wrote the Pentateuch, etc), this would still not be reason enough to believe. All that would be establish is the specific authorship of specific stories. Even further, if it could be established that these works had reached us in the form their authors intended, and that their writing was sincere, I would still be an atheist.
Speaking strictly for myself, I'm not particularly troubled by a lack of evidence for gods (a sufficiently subtle god wouldn't necessarily be evidentiary in nature), but there aren't even any convincing arguments for the existence of gods.
If you need further information as to 'Why Should Someone Be An Atheist', I strongly recommend Russell's 'Why I Am Not A Christian'.
Boru
Speaking strictly for myself, I'm not particularly troubled by a lack of evidence for gods (a sufficiently subtle god wouldn't necessarily be evidentiary in nature), but there aren't even any convincing arguments for the existence of gods.
If you need further information as to 'Why Should Someone Be An Atheist', I strongly recommend Russell's 'Why I Am Not A Christian'.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
