In need of a more humbleness. Why condemning the Theistic position makes no sense.

[paulpablo]

Atheists often say they don't know whether or not God exists and that simply God is not known to them to exist by tangible evidence, reasoned argument or experience. They also tend to say that their position is solely based on what they have experienced. They don't know proofs for God, so they won't assume there are any proofs for God. God hasn't revealed himself to them so they won't assume he has to others.

This is a fair point of view.

But what makes no sense is to assume others don't have any good reason to believe in God or there is no merit to faith.

This is taking a step further. You would have to either prove there is no God or that if there is a God, he has not made himself known to anyone.

Therefore it is more reasonable that Atheists take a more humble approach to their Atheism, that they simply state this is the position they take, but they don't necessarily condemn the Theistic position.

I believe others have good reasons to believe in god but I don't believe any of those reasons have to do with evidential facts they have discovered, they are to do with psychology(brainwashing, tribe mentality), superstition, self preservation, ideas of soul preservation and so on.

If you think it's a good idea to listen to every person who claims they have new evidence about god not only will your life be wasted listening to mentally disturbed people but you will also be giving credit to the idea that maybe god operates in a way where he allows a billion false cults to start but gives the real evidence to just one man, in one language, at one specific time in history, and relies on the message to spread via other men.

I think it's actually dangerous to take this humble mentality towards new cult leaders. The last thing the earth needs is another Joseph Smith/Muhammad/Charles Manson/ Reverend Jim Jones. They need to be stomped out before they can spread.

But this is just my outlook though, maybe in some way cults do improve civilization as a whole, just like some people believe war improves civilizations, and tyrants are sometimes necessary, but personally its my plan to avoid cults and their followers as much as possible.