I'm going to put the old sweet jar analogy to use here.
Imagine a jar full of sweets like the ones you get at the fair where you have to count how many sweets are in the jar and the closesnt number wins.
Now, the number of sweets in the jar is either even or odd, those are the only two possiblities.
My friend tells me the number of sweets in the jar is even.
I tell him I don't believe him. There is no possible way for him to have counted all the sweets, so there is no way he could know whether the number is even or odd. That is all the justification I need to not believe his claim. And my disbelief in his claim, does not mean that I think the opposite is true, that the number is odd.
The reason I am an atheist is because theistic claims have not been met with appropriate evidence. And that's all the justification needed. That's why atheism is the default position. Because this is how every other claim should be approached. If you don't, then you are put in the absurd position of believing every claim you hear until it is proved false.
Imagine a jar full of sweets like the ones you get at the fair where you have to count how many sweets are in the jar and the closesnt number wins.
Now, the number of sweets in the jar is either even or odd, those are the only two possiblities.
My friend tells me the number of sweets in the jar is even.
I tell him I don't believe him. There is no possible way for him to have counted all the sweets, so there is no way he could know whether the number is even or odd. That is all the justification I need to not believe his claim. And my disbelief in his claim, does not mean that I think the opposite is true, that the number is odd.
The reason I am an atheist is because theistic claims have not been met with appropriate evidence. And that's all the justification needed. That's why atheism is the default position. Because this is how every other claim should be approached. If you don't, then you are put in the absurd position of believing every claim you hear until it is proved false.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
