| In this brief moment exists all our hopes and dreams, our pleasures and pains, our joys, our sadness, our love for one another. In this brief and transient sparkle across the darkness, we have our all. We live, and then pass the brief brightness on to others before our own extinction in the dark. -Dwight Lyman |
Why atheism? November 11, 2007
Posted by Rastaban in : Naturalism,Non-Existence Arguments , 10 commentsWhy am I an atheist? Since atheism is still a somewhat unusual point of view, let me be candid about why I believe no God exists.
Before proceeding, it is important to define God — otherwise no coherent discussion is possible. I define God as “the solitary, perfect, non-physical being who created the physical world.” By non-physical I mean “bodiless, not consisting of matter/energy (as those terms are used by physicists and other scientists).” Here then is an outline of my reasons for rejecting the existence of God, in order of importance: (more…)
