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Cosmological
Teleological
Moral
Ontological
Etc.

Beliefs, faith, mysticism, teachings, culture, tradition ... whatever to which one wishes to ascribe one's tenets. Yes, religion is hugely traditional. We believe because our ancestors believed. The religious world is full of churches, synagogues, temples, mosques ... lots of man hours and bricks and mortar devoted to the beliefs.

Yet, they are founded in the otherwise inexplicable phenomenon of creation ... everything we encounter is a creation ... therefore someone or something must have created it ... right? Even the worn-out big bang theory presupposes some kind of creative force. New astrophysical thinking is that the universe has always existed. God is thought to have always existed. One is the creator, the other is the created. Perhaps they are one and the same. Yay, one for Baruch!

What is lacking in atheism is any logical inductive or deductive reasoning that leads to its conclusion.

I would like to see the line of reasoning that gets one to the point of atheism. Where is one's thinking before, and then when it starts? What triggers it? I don't buy the "leap of faith" argument ... there's no faith in atheism upon which to leap. "Leaping" also implies the point from which the leaping is done ... where is that point? Is it disillusionment? Is it anger at God for something they think He caused? That's emotional baggage, not rational thought. An "Aha" moment? What was the "Aha"?

Atheism is to be likened to a perfect vacuum ... nothing there ... nothing to support it. It is also perhaps an illusion. One thinks that they do not believe, but they can never be quite sure because they can't put their finger on why they do not believe. The rational basis for total disbelief just ain't there. In some cases, atheism could just be a trendy rebellious movement, kind-a like anti-American sentiment among certain "progressive" cults, perhaps even ephemeral, subject to reversal when the next stimulus is encountered.

Believers realize that they can't be quite sure, but they don't worry about it because the ultimate paydirt is to be made manifest at some point in the future, and they have the assurance of the now, and that the sun will rise tomorrow.

I respectfully rest my case.



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