[fizziwig]

"To which "God", out of the thousands of deities worshipped and acknowledged throughout human history do you refer, and why does it require "a lot of faith" to lack belief in that particular deity when it's fair to say that followers of every religion other than the one of that deity also "lack belief" in it?"



I am referring to an intelligence that created the universe and man. I am not referring to pagan Gods, manicheanism, or even pantheism.

It takes great faith to believe that life occurred simply by chance, and that the complexity of life and the universe in general, is not indicative of an intelligent creator.

It may not be in the end, but it takes great faith to believe that.

Remember, Athiests are not simply waiting for the evidence of God to come in....they have already made their finding in the negative. They have great faith.

[Dimensio]

I am referring to an intelligence that created the universe and man.

But atheists lack belief in all possible deities, not just ones that happen to be universe and human creators.

I am not referring to pagan Gods, manicheanism, or even pantheism.

So why single out atheists as having this kind of "faith" when it easily applies to far more than them?

It takes great faith to believe that life occurred simply by chance, and that the complexity of life and the universe in general, is not indicative of an intelligent creator.

Why? Why can't I simply say that I haven't the information required to make an informed choice? Is it a statement of faith to acknowledge that my understanding of the universe is so limited that I cannot reasonably make a claim that life occuring without intelligent intervention is impossible?