But where is this external objective source of truth, morals etc. There is no point being an objective source of anything if you remain hidden. And any god of any theism you wish to name remains hidden. Even if there was an objective source radiating this out into the universe via whatever mechanisms you wish to posit, how do you know it's a god let alone your god?
Then there is the spirit. Everything we know about the human anatomy since the advent of modern medical science is that there is no immaterial us. We are our physical beings, take away our brains and we stop being us.
In each case you have baseless assertions, but in each case there is evidence leading to a more satisfying and simpler conclusions. The evidence supports atheism being true or at least more likely. Theism is a very remote and abstract answer to these problems.
Then there is the spirit. Everything we know about the human anatomy since the advent of modern medical science is that there is no immaterial us. We are our physical beings, take away our brains and we stop being us.
In each case you have baseless assertions, but in each case there is evidence leading to a more satisfying and simpler conclusions. The evidence supports atheism being true or at least more likely. Theism is a very remote and abstract answer to these problems.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.