No, and most likely never will. To push this to extremes our universe could be some metauniverse kid's show-and-tell and we could be on our way to school in a bottle right now; but as a person who gets by without needing to accept/concede (insert whatever word you wish except believe) the existence of a god I don't…

This reasoning is what I meant by the religious set can't be argued with. They bring out stuff like this to explain the unexplainable.

Thank you, and you too.

"This argument is based in an atheist's best friend. Good ole science"

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I took on board the commonly used defition of atheist in this thread and changed my position accordingly. I'm afraid I was guilty of using the word as a shortcut. This is usually sufficient whenever the need to explain my position crops up (i.e. hardly ever), but wasn't rigorous enough for the more serious commenters…

I could well stand aside and let everyone have their own personal views on this except the history of the subject is littered with tyrannical religious overlords imposing their views on the masses to bend them to their will. I know there were the communists doing the same thing in revolutionary Russia and later but by…

Where is that definition of Atheism? TDizzleFoRizzle said he does not have a belief, therefore he has nothing to prove. There are those of us who believe, either in gods or in no gods. That is their belief. Then there are those of us who get on with life without having to form a belief on whether something exists.…

Are we on the same page? I can't work out what you are writing about. The lack of a subject in your post is confusing.

Yes, I agree that quote was unfortunately misworded - I was in a bar!! (as if that's an excuse). As soon as I saw you had quoted it I thought "OMG - Oh no! Don't tell me I said that."

Hmm. It seems on W7 when I launch Perfmon Resmon runs. I'm sorry - I didn't realise the behavior was different on Vista.

Well you would say that wouldn't you? You are arguing your corner just as I am arguing mine.

Nope, just using the tactics of the opposition. I don't think I did bad for a smartphone keyboard in a busy Friday-night bar.

No, let me translate. I don't need to prove or disprove the existence of something I can't see and which others tell me exists in order to function as a human being. My personality is mine, not god-given. I'm a good person because I am, not because I'm scared of going to hell. Religion was a wholesale blackmailing of…

You are using words that don't apply. I am not an atheist - an atheist is someone who believes (believes) there is no god. Belief has nothing to do with it. I don't believe the moon is made of cheese. I am not convinced any more than you are convinced the earth is flat. Your malicious twisting of what I say and your…

I'm offering as much proof as you do that there is no Easter Bunny. I'm not going to prove a concept invented when civilization was young and needed something to keep everyone in line. Belief in a god served its purpose in establishing civilization all those years ago and I am indebted to them for inventing god - we…

I don't foist my views on anyone, I respect others' choices, unlike missionaries and evangelists. If someone wants to starve themselves for a month, flagellate themselves, cut off part of their baby's penis, pray to something that never gives an answer others will believe, suppress women worldwide, find an excuse to…

People of the faith argue from a defensive position. They have to find proof (for themselves in order to believe as well as to convince others) of the existence of gods. As someone who does not subscribe I do not have to take a defensive postion - it is not a reversible argument in a similar way that (2+3)*2 !=…

I don't need the threat of hell eternal to make me a good person, I just am that way.

I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who does not believe there is a god. Belief implies faith. I am not going to waste brain cells disputing with a believer whether an artificial construct with as much proof as the ether is real