Quote:Simply because you assert that reason is a matter of faith amongst atheists does not make it so. As has already been pointed out to you, reason works.
This is perhaps the most common point of confusion, so it's helpful for you to bring it up.
It's indisputable that reason works for very many tasks. On this we all agree.
But that fact does not automatically qualify human reason to "work" on anything anywhere anytime in all of reality.
It's actually quite easy to make the case that the abilities of 1) one species on one planet in one of billions of galaxies, 2) a species only recently living in caves, 3) a species with thousands of hair trigger nukes aimed down it's own throat, just might not be able to understand what does or doesn't form the foundation of all reality.
Until somebody proves that holy books can deliver credible answers about the fundamental nature of reality, I decline to believe is such an ability.
Until somebody proves that human reason can deliver credible answers about the fundamental nature of reality, I decline to believe is such an ability.
The bottom line flaw in atheism is that it's not loyal to it's own principles.
The other guy's chosen authority is challenged (good) but our own chosen authority is not challenged (bad).
If a poster is not willing to challenge their own chosen authority with the same rigor they challenge the authorities of others, they are not doing reason, but ideology.
