Quote:True but there are lots of things which only have circumstantial evidence in their favor, theism is a belief not a fact.As a law student what I learned is that circumstantial evidence isn't counted because it frequently leads to unfair conviction of the innocent
Quote:True. But why are there any laws of physics never mind specific ones that allowed for the existence of planets and life?You tell us Einstein
Quote:True. But much of it also appears to be designed and engineered to produce specific results.Everything can appear to be designed and engineered to produce specific results depending on who's observing
Quote:The problem with the bashing theism technique of justifying atheism is it only inspires the base, those who are already atheists or those who hate all religion. That is why atheism hasn't grown significantly in numbers in many years. A new approach would be to admit theism and atheism are beliefs, opinions about how our existence came about. Since no one knows for sure and no evidence rules out either theory there is no grounds to mock and ridicule one belief over the other.I'm not concerned with sensitivities. Your belief that we shouldn't offend or bash other people's ideas is what promotes the creation of hate speech laws that jail anyone who dares to criticize other people's sensitivities. Grow up. Atheists are not concerned with theists' feelings because we already know people will start not believing progressively - it's already happening.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you