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I was an atheist, simply because I despise "faith" as I knew it - people using it to ignore science. Science, in my mind, is the most effective method we as humans have for advancing our race. Through the exploration, documentation, experimentation and repetition, we can make sense of our world. By turning our backs on it and relying on "faith" we stagnate and stall.
I'm not claiming there is scientific proof of non-Divine Creation, only that using the scientific method would be the best approach.
The only reason I'm not an atheist is I believe I was being hypocritical in doing so. I could hardly argue that theists were silly for basing their lives on a book written by an Almighty imaginary man without being able to verify it, if I based my life on the non-existance of such.
I simply won't commit to the existance OR nonexistance of a diety, because neither has verifiable credibility.
It's simply not important to me. Religion is only "critical" once in your life - right after you die. If there's a God and a Heaven, then I'm fucked. If there isn't, then.. well, I'm still dead and therefore still fucked.
But because I don't live my life with a fear of death, nor do I spend my days thinking about the very last moment of my life, it never comes up. Why should I commit so strongly to something that I don't and won't ever care about? Furthermore, a strong committal to either side would lead me (simply by the nature of strong belief) to ignore an entire half of society with valuable insights into a simple philosophical question.
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"I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel
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