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**Ristaron** · 07-10-2008, 08:32 PM

I am an atheist insofar as I neither believe in God nor the impossibility of his existence. This is also applicable to my lack of belief (therefore, atheism) in the existence of the gods of other pantheons (Greek, Norse, Hindu, etc). In short, I have not seen sufficient evidence to believe in their existence.

What I will say, however, that the Christian god, if he does exist, does not exist in the form presented in the Bible. Omnipotence is itself a paradox, and paradoxes cannot exist in nature, only in concept. Furthermore, if the Christian god does exist, I would still see no reason to venerate him. A being that is omnipotent could create a paradise, but instead he gave us a world of war, pollution, natural disasters, and Avril Lavigne.

But enough with the moral reasons why I am averted to Christianity, let's progress onto the facts.

The fact of the matter is that evidence for other origins of the universe is mutually supportive. Meaning, for example, evidence for plate tectonics also supports absolute dating of the age of the Earth, which also supports dating the age of our oldest stars, which also supports our concept of the age of the universe, which also supports our knowledge of the basic rules of the universe, which also supports our evidence for plate tectonics. Science is like a Nautical star, with all points interconnected to form a clear picture. We may not have all the details, but as they get filled in we see less and less evidence for the "supernatural" element (God).

Does this conclusively deny the existence of God? Ask yourself, can you disprove the assertion that there is a teapot, too small for even our most sensitive instruments to detect, orbiting the Sun between Earth and Mars? The very notion of God, to me, is as inconsequential as the teapot, and therefore I deal very little with the notion of whether or not God exists, and rather with what is infinitely more fascinating: the Science that suggests otherwise. I would much rather discuss String Theory or electromagnetic spectroscopy than theology or religious philosophy. History and facts mean more to me than what is, essentially, their opposite and undoing: faith and belief.

And that is why I am an atheist.