(May 19, 2013 at 2:42 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: I have no problem with atheists declaring they don't know anything...it's what I've suspected all along.
Just when I think your ability to understand the concept couldn't get any worse, you go and prove me wrong. Atheists know lots of things. Consider these...
We know that your theism has failed to meet the burden of proof.
We know that our inability to definitively know the origins of life doesn't mean that your answer is correct.
We know that you believe you know the answers, despite being able to demonstrate that.
We know that you would rather arrogantly claim to know something without sufficient evidence to back up that knowledge than admit you don't know.
We know you fear the unknown.
We know intellectual honesty is not a virtue you pride yourself in.
We know that any information that doesn't neatly fit into the closed-minded box that is your reality is ignored and dismissed.
We know you would rather demonize atheists than actually listen to what they have to say.
Shall I go on?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell