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Speaking of Religion...

Steven Den Beste has two excellent posts on atheism and theism.

Is my atheism that of a "proof atheist" or a "belief atheist"? Using his definitions, I think I straddle the line between them. I believe that reason and logic are primary and the correct application of them results in axioms and infallible answers. Therefore, I also believe that at some point in our future (or perhaps we have already reached this point and just can't explain it properly), we will have accumulated enough knowledge to conclusively prove that deities do not exist, nor does the "supernatural." I don't go around an attempt to proselyte those who disagree with me, which has happened to me before numerous times.

There are many good arguements against theism, but the only good arguement for it that I've heard is utilitarian (religion provides people with a system of morals, values, and ethics) and doesn't elevate it above atheism, which isn't a unified philosophy that asserts the absence or irrelevance of morals, values, and ethics. Believing or not believing in a deity is merely a part of a person's philosophy and doesn't dictate how the person thinks about other things.

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