05-07-2009, 10:24 PM
SyberBitch, If I were to tell you I believe in the story of Jack and the Beanstock and you listened and stated you do not I would not think of you as fanatical.
It is up to the person stating beliefs that requires faith to step up and offer proof, not the other way around.
Stating atheism is even a belief is like stating bald is a hair color.
It just isn't so. The disbelief in and of itself is not required to be proven.
To further my example: You not believing magic beans grew a stock and a little boy climbed to the top of it and met up with a giant doesn't require you to prove it didn't happen. But, if I'm stating it did I better produce some kind of evidence and not just a faith and conviction that is based on "a burning in my heart".
The person(s) telling you it is true must provide the evidence- such is the rule all scientists and really any logical thinker subscribe to.
It is up to the person stating beliefs that requires faith to step up and offer proof, not the other way around.
Stating atheism is even a belief is like stating bald is a hair color.
It just isn't so. The disbelief in and of itself is not required to be proven.
To further my example: You not believing magic beans grew a stock and a little boy climbed to the top of it and met up with a giant doesn't require you to prove it didn't happen. But, if I'm stating it did I better produce some kind of evidence and not just a faith and conviction that is based on "a burning in my heart".
The person(s) telling you it is true must provide the evidence- such is the rule all scientists and really any logical thinker subscribe to.