Thread: Atheists

Originally Posted by gwahir

Atheism is, in fact, a good deal more scientific than believing in a deity, because it does not involve believing in something completely unfounded by evidence.

I accept this. Yes I agree with this statement now that I think about it. However I would phrase it as "less unscientific", but I suppose that's just semantics.

From my experiences there are two types of Atheists: those who don't believe in a god and those who absolutely know there isn't a god. (Granted, I haven't studied Atheism or for that matter any other major belief system besides Catholicism in grade school and some Taoism.)

I guess I'm referring more to the Atheists who seem to unequivocally know that a god does not exist. I find that unscientific. As much as I don't believe that invisible pink unicorns roam the earth and I find it extremely unlikely that they do, I'm still open to the possibility. However, I don't waste my time postulating over the existence of invisible pink unicorns because I find it unscientific, therefore futile to do so.