Originally posted by josephw
[b]"I find it somewhat amusing that certain theists (you included) will belittle far fetched claims that contrast with their own equally far fetched claims!"
Atheism=There is no God.
Theism=There is a God.
About as far fetched as it gets.
Atheism makes no claim as to the origin of life, nor can it by virtue of it's definition.
But Theism ...[text shortened]... t God is the originator of life and has the universe as evidence.
I try to keep it simple.[/b]
Well *certain* theists (such as yourself) don't keep things so simple as you suggest.
Your god is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, omni-loving sage in the sky who created an entire universe with just a hint of twinkle dust and it's will. A god that keeps it's beady eye on us humans at all times, likes to perform miracles, demands blood tribute for people doing things it doesn't like; and the one of the bloodiest of such tributes was to pay for the heinous crime of eating a naughty fruit in some "Garden of Eden" 6000 years ago. It will send anyone who fails to believe in it to Hell for ever and ever and ever and ever and... still it loves us all equally and maximally!
Doesn't seem very simple to me...looks like a real pot of absurdity π
Also, you've been told countless times atheists assert they don't believe in god, they don't assert there is no god. Similarly, bearing the name theist does not mean you hate blood transfusions so strongly as your JW colleagues.