Here's an odd, theological sort of question for debate

Answer · 02-07-2014, 01:13 AM

This video is actually really relevant, and I like his comparison to Christianity and people who are Christians sharing different beliefs. I agree with these sentiments exactly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2VZ600q2o

My underlying question here is *why* don't Atheists (and I do mean Atheists, not agnostics.) believe in God? I can only think of 2 reasons

1) They're just being dicks, attempting to go against the grain and choose not to believe in God to spite everyone who IS religious

or

2) They believe that there is little to no evidence supporting the idea of God, and that there are too many inconsistencies with science and religion to justify their beliefs, so they have chosen to reject the existence of a God

I think the only rational core underlying *REASON* for being an atheist in the first place is number 2. Number 1 just seems like something a 12 year old might do to be rebellious

So if 2 is true for religion, I don't see how they could believe in spirits/ghosts/souls without having a HUGE fundamental inconsistency with their ideology

Also, aliens are an entirely different story. Science and Mathematics gives way more evidence for life on other planets than it does souls or spirits.

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Answer He / Him / His Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,701 Battle Record: 20-1 Champed - Summer Classic IX - Netcees Battle League - Fight night 15 Rep Power: 14633673	This video is actually really relevant, and I like his comparison to Christianity and people who are Christians sharing different beliefs. I agree with these sentiments exactly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2VZ600q2o My underlying question here is why don't Atheists (and I do mean Atheists, not agnostics.) believe in God? I can only think of 2 reasons 1) They're just being dicks, attempting to go against the grain and choose not to believe in God to spite everyone who IS religious or 2) They believe that there is little to no evidence supporting the idea of God, and that there are too many inconsistencies with science and religion to justify their beliefs, so they have chosen to reject the existence of a God I think the only rational core underlying REASON for being an atheist in the first place is number 2. Number 1 just seems like something a 12 year old might do to be rebellious So if 2 is true for religion, I don't see how they could believe in spirits/ghosts/souls without having a HUGE fundamental inconsistency with their ideology Also, aliens are an entirely different story. Science and Mathematics gives way more evidence for life on other planets than it does souls or spirits.