RicOlie_2 said:
My reasons for not believing the following religions:
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Atheism:
What Jaiteia said, if you make a list and write "religions", atheism doesn't belong there. But I'm sure this is merely an oversight.
The relative subjectivity of atheist's morals doesn't attract me very much. I believe that right and wrong are fixed and do not evolve over time. Atheists believe so many different things and my reasons may not apply to all of them, but I am also opposed to moral subjectivity because of all the potential problems that can spring from it;
You say that like there's a 50/50 chance that an individual without the moral compass of the bible might turn out a criminal. In reality most people have what's called common sense, and don't steal or kill or [insert dangerous act] because 1) they're worried about the consequences (pissing someone off) and 2) it would be a dick thing to do. What we really have is a much higher percentage of people that act like behaved citizens and don't steal their neighbours' car etc, and another percentage of people we call "criminals" that clearly do not understand the consequences of their actions. And let me remind you again, that in the real world not all of these criminals are atheists.
the certainty of the nonexistence of any god seems no more reasonable than the belief in such a god
I beg to differ. It may seem unreasonable to you, because you come from the postulate "there is a god". But I assure you, it is not unreasonable. And I do understand the merits and reasons of theism.
and atheism doesn't explain so many things (science may one day, but I doubt it)
If you're talking about the Arche, then neither science nor atheism are supposed to explain that (even though science started out that way). It's interesting to think that we could find a first cause, and it would sound like common sense that it should be an entity, and individual. Just like when we're children we ask "why is the sky blue?", the quest for knowledge is an enchanting and elightening one. But some questions may be wrong in the first place. And by wrong I mean "syntax error" kind of wrong. We look at the origin of the cosmos and ask "Who?". Maybe we're asking the wrong question.
As someone who does not need theism, I don't feel like I'm using "my superior intellect versus a primitive mind" cause I'll be the first to admit, I am a moron. I'll just say, try to look beyond your postulates. It ain't so bad.