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Originally posted by Tbor
This is a question for the atheists mainly. Even though the thrust of the issue is similar for theists.
When you tell someone that you're an atheist, I'd imagine that you often get asked how you can be sure that there's no god. It's the same question that people ask theists.... How can you prove it.
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I generally ask them 'why should I believe it'.
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Why not just accept agnosticism.
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Because believing in God is akin to believing in a invisible intangiable masturbating pink elephant that floats over your shoulder. There's no reason to believe so why should I?
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This is usually where theists invoke faith, but that doesn't seem to be an obvious move for atheists. As I think about it, maybe it's not so odd to say that one, "just has faith in the fact that there's no god."
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I can respect other's for having faith. Personally though, I don't have faith in things that I have no reason to have faith in.
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But I'd think that it's exactly theism's reliance on faith that pushes a lot of atheists toward their belief.
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Why?