Several people in this group have grossly
mis-characteriz ed Atheism as a belief. Let
me see if I can help explain Atheism by
means of a metaphor:
There is an auditorium full of people
gathered in groups and wearing colored
shirts; some groups are wearing red
shirts, others green, etc.... In the middle of
the auditorium is a table with an opaque
un-opened box on it and hanging from the
ceiling above the box is a sign that reads:
"What color is the fruit inside the box?".
The people wear the color of shirt they
believe the color of the fruit in the box to
be.
Some people believe the color of the fruit
to be red, because their family and friends,
teachers and acquaintances all believe it to
be red, and how could so many people be
wrong? Other people wear orange shirts:
they have incredibly articulated logical
formulations to explain how the fruit can
be no other color than orange. Other
believe the color to be green; they
intuitively felt "green-ness" emitting from
the box the moment they entered the
auditorium. Etc....
The Atheist is the one who doesn't align
with a color, but rather questions: "Since
nobody has ever opened the box and
nobody can see into it, how do we know
there is even a fruit in it let alone know
what color it might be?". The people who
believe the fruit is in the box and believe
they know what color it is are the ones
holding a belief. The Atheist holds no belief
because there is no good reason to do so.
The reason that I, as an Atheist, engage in
dialog with believers is to, hopefully, help convince them to focus their efforts on
finding out what's in the box rather than wasting their time focusing on their beliefs. I hope this helps clear up some of the misunderstandin g people have about Atheists and what we "believe".

Well said!

Atheists dont claim to have superior knowledge over something they know nothing about, or something that might even be nothing.

rinrin23: Well said!

Atheists dont claim to have superior knowledge over something they know nothing about, or something that might even be nothing.

Are u an atheist also?

addempsea: Are u an atheist also?

Just a thinker

rinrin23:

Just a thinker

A free thinker.