(May 3, 2016 at 4:51 am)Wryetui Wrote: I am starting this post because, so far, no atheist ever showed me evidence for their beliefs (or as you say, "lack of beliefs") and I am curious. I will play the person you believe I am, a "dumb redneck christian" and I will ask you things so you can answer them to me with evidence, of course. First question:
If God did not create the earth, how is it that we have an earth here and we live in it? Also, I beg, provide evidence for your claims.
Rob ninja'd me on this one but I'm going to reinforce what he said: there is no requirement to have any knowledge of anything in order to be an atheist, only to have no belief in theistic claims/propositions. There are many religions which are atheistic (e.g. Buddhism, Taoism, some paganisms, Raelianism) that believe all sorts of 'supernatural' things regarding all sorts of topics. Generalisations, such as the one you've made, are an indication that you believe certain myths about atheists, of the type spread by religious groups that have a vested interest in misrepresenting atheists for their own gain. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don't know that they're deliberate misrepresentations but be aware that if you do know, there are people on this board who'll sniff that out very quickly and you'll pay the price in unabashed ridicule.
If you really want to know what 'atheists' think, you need to stop thinking of them as a coherent group but instead as individuals whose value-systems don't include theisms. You can then ask them questions about the values they actually hold rather than believing erroneous stereotypes. That way, you may have some productive, sharing discussions and actually learn something about people whose views differ to your own.
Sum ergo sum