(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.
No we don't. Atheism is about not believing in any gods, and nothing more. You're over-defining the term.
An acceptable answer to questions like these is "I don't know". Admitting when you've hit the limitation of your knowledge is a lot more honest than making up something unsupported and calling it "an answer".
(November 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: 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. I just don't understand how naturalism/atheism is a more reasonable position than theism.
You have to believe that a process that can't think or see, created consciousness. So consciousness came from a process that can't think??
So, this is ridiculous, yet, believing that everything was made by an invisible magician isn't ridiculous?
I mean, it'd be one thing if your position didn't look ludicrous and if you had any non-presuppositional evidence for it, but you don't. Your same argument ("it doesn't make sense") can be used against you.
(November 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm)His_Majesty Wrote: I just don't have enough faith to be an atheist.
It would help if you defined atheism properly and didn't strawman the opposing point of view. It might make more sense, in that case.