(March 20, 2019 at 6:27 am)Acrobat Wrote: I think it's interesting that atheists here indicate they don't want God to exist, that they prefer there be no God. I would say such a desire plays a significant role in why they don't believe. Creates a barrier to prevent belief.
There's a pretty wide gulf between not wishing that God exists and wishing that God does not exist. Just because I don't make the positive wish for the existence of God cannot be taken as indicating that I do make the positive wish for non-existence.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson