Atheism isn't a belief, it's a lack of belief. It's hardly accepted without question, in fact it's questions that lead a person to atheism in the first place.

Re: your "if the athiests turn out to be wrong," I actually used to cling to religion on this reasoning, figuring if I was right, then I live forever, and if I was wrong, it didn't make any difference what I believed in life anyway. Until I realized that that isn't true belief, it's belief out of fear. Now I'm a borderline atheist and actually quite happy. Fear is exactly how most believers are kept in line: "If I don't do what I'm told, God will punish me." I narrowly averted falling into that pit.

• Then what is 'belief'? - yunus - April 8, 2001 - 21:06 UTC
  • Narrow vs. Broad definitions - stormcrow - April 8, 2001 - 21:55 UTC
    • definitive evidence - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 01:57 UTC
      • Science - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 02:12 UTC
        • Science is not up to that task - yanniru - April 9, 2001 - 11:15 UTC
          • Be careful yanniru - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 15:16 UTC
            • We scientists have to recognize our limits - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 11:15 UTC
              • Science is the only reliable source of truth. - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:38 UTC
                • When science can prove - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:16 UTC
                  • Consciouseness is just a state of activity of cortex cells. - alexander - April 11, 2001 - 17:40 UTC
                    • Stupid me - yanniru - April 12, 2001 - 03:50 UTC
                      • Well, he has a point - stormcrow - April 13, 2001 - 00:29 UTC
                        • Yes. - alexander - April 18, 2001 - 18:42 UTC
          • Science asks and answers the questions. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 18:15 UTC
          • Yes, it is. - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 19:56 UTC
            • Science is flawed for not covering up. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 20:18 UTC
              • Maybe Kolob are protons :) - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 20:26 UTC
                • Kolob is nearest to God's home - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 22:30 UTC
        • logic lapse - isaiaha41 - April 9, 2001 - 15:07 UTC
          • Your interpretation of the Bible is not the definitive answer - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 18:09 UTC
            • Incomprehensible things - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:35 UTC
      • How it would be if there were a God. - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 17:58 UTC
• All blessed, Atheists acceptable to God, People better than God - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 17:41 UTC
  • Doublethink - stormcrow - April 9, 2001 - 20:19 UTC
    • Christians have to face the equality of other religions - johnpowell - April 9, 2001 - 22:25 UTC
      • truth - isaiaha41 - April 10, 2001 - 11:40 UTC
        • Suppose absolute truth exists - paulm - April 10, 2001 - 15:15 UTC
          • "I am" ? - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:24 UTC
            • Descartes - yanniru - April 10, 2001 - 20:04 UTC
              • "I am" comes before "I think". - johnpowell - April 12, 2001 - 20:19 UTC
            • "I am" is ambiguous - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 00:03 UTC
              • We have a truth! - doctordick - April 13, 2001 - 13:26 UTC
                • You could blame Jesus, or - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 14:31 UTC
                • You could blame Jesus, or - paulm - April 13, 2001 - 14:32 UTC
          • Absolute truth! - doctordick - April 11, 2001 - 19:32 UTC
        • Atheist logical basis is not circular. - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 15:18 UTC
          • unbelief as evidence - isaiaha41 - April 10, 2001 - 17:30 UTC
            • Absolute truth not necessarily God - johnpowell - April 10, 2001 - 17:56 UTC
  • Theists can be logical and scientific - hmancu - April 10, 2001 - 00:14 UTC