(November 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: But as an atheist, here is what you have to believe...you have to believe that billions of years ago before humanity, dead matter was floating around in space...and for whatever reason, suddenly, this dead matter "came to life". Not only did it come to life, but it came to life and began thinking, talking, and having sex.
Just think about that for a second. This non-living material suddenly CAME TO LIFE. For the life of me, I just can't get myself to believe that, even if I tried.
No - that's what YOU believe. You are the ones who believe that "before, there were no people around and then poof... for whatever reason, the dead matter came to life in form of Adam and Eve and began thinking, talking to snakes, eating fruits and fucking". Other than replacing "whatever reason" with "god" - as if that explains anything - this would be what your Christian theist believes and an atheist deosn't.
(November 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: I just don't understand how naturalism/atheism is a more reasonable position than theism.
Ofcourse you don't - not as long as you go on thinking that magic tricks and things poofing into existence are reasonable.