To: judgeandjury Atheism is a belief Please state the nature of this "belief". 113 posted on 03/26/2004 2:25:39 PM CST by Dimensio
Surely an atheist is not ignorant of his own belief system? Anyone without a belief system believes nothing. Are you telling us you believe nothing? I can be convinced.
Atheism is a belief system because it believes something that cannot be proved. It cannot even be a theory since even a theory is supposed to be based on observation. Therefore it is nothing more than a personal preference, a whim, a convenient device for justification of behaviors; an excuse. It is, as William F. Buckley often mused, the only world view that has defined itself by what it is not, and finds it impossible to do so without mentioning God.