(March 18, 2015 at 5:51 am)georgesthegreat Wrote: You see, the difference between a believer and an atheist is a believer believes and an atheist thinks he is right.
Well, at least you found a way to feel superior to both groups, that's the main thing.
However, in answer to your question of what makes me an atheist: it's principally because I don't find the theist case compelling. It's not so much a conclusion, more a work in progress and always wide open to revision. All it requires is suitable evidence.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
