You could argue atheism is grounded in a deduction of reality. The world does not seem to be governed by moral laws. Nature is red in tooth and claw. Human beings conveniently disregard moral norms when it serves their self-interest. The world is flawed and abounds in imperfections, the most visible of which is death. It could be further postulated that religion is a psychological defense mechanism designed to protect our fragible egos against the fact we don't control Nature - we are controlled by it. And death is the end of existence as we know it. That's the atheist's argument for non-belief for if there was a God, His world would at one remove be beautiful and perfect and all His created things would live forever, free of disease, pain and corruption.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
"You could argue atheism is grounded in a deduction of reality. The world does not seem to be governed by moral laws. Nature is red in tooth and claw. Human beings conveniently disregard moral norms when it serves their self-interest. The world is flawed and abounds in imperfections, the most visible of which is death. It could be further postulated that religion is a psychological defense mechanism designed to protect our fragible egos against the fact we don't control Nature - we are controlled by it. And death is the end of existence as we know it. That's the atheist's argument for non-belief for if there was a God, His world would at one remove be beautiful and perfect and all His created things would live forever, free of disease, pain and corruption."I make no case for atheism. I believe that it is better to hold a position of "Not Proven" than to argue that there is no G-d. It seems to me that atheism is the position that requires the greatest faith as it asserts a null hypothesis. The question is essentially unanswered and may be unanswerable.