Actually, I’ve asked a number of questions based on statements you’ve made in order to get clarification. You’ve not answered many of them.
A few of them are included here:
CyberLN:
Because atheism responds to the claim that god(s) exist. Theists make that claim. You, as a theist, are making that claim and must define your beliefs. We don’t do that. But you won’t.
Sherlock:
Well the assertion “God exists” is not a religious claim but a metaphysical one. I do not describe myself as a “religious person” in a similar way to Idris Elba’s recent statements that he does not describe himself as a “Black actor”, I refuse to enable you to stereotype me.
CyberLN:
Are you saying that the statement I made, that you are responding to with this quote, stereotypes you? Are you saying that the statement I made, that you are responding to with this quote speaks about religion?
Sherlock-Holmes:
Any claims about reality must be rationally, systematically evaluated in some way and a decision made upon the basis of that evaluation.
CyberLN:
Isn’t a belief in creator gods a claim about reality?
Sherlock:
“I claim that God exists, that the universe we are all part of was created,”
CyberLN:
And did the god you claim exists create the universe?
Sherlock-Holmes:
intent coupled with unfathomable power
CyberLN:
Your god’s intent? Does this unfathomable power include omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, omnibenevolence?
Sherlock-Holmes:
It seems that many a naïve atheist rejects the claim that God exists on the basis of their distaste for certain religious practices and organizational structures.
CyberLN:
Maybe. Not sure what the quantity of many is, though. The same or greater number may think this AND be atheists ( instead of BECAUSE).
Sherlock-Holmes:
The think that a belief in God is the cause of religious evil.
CyberLN:
Are you implying that religious evil is separate from a belief in god(s)?
Sherlock-Holmes:
I used to be an outspoken, very vocal atheist, I’ve crushed many a theist in the past in discussions about this and used my knowledge of science and mathematics and so on, as my main weapon, I know the territory well.
CyberLN:
I might be inclined to trust that if I’d seen a demonstration of it.