Atheist

[@myothergem]

I miss when this was the most watched video on youtube.

[@bax323]

Christianity is just a dead guy on a stick cult. Ever since I rejected religion life has become much more precious to me.

[@zakiechan]

Stephane Guenette This took google literally 0.27 seconds to find... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15637693 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12548540 So yes, people (scientists) DO wonder about the origin of feathers. However, instead of just throwing their hands up and saying "I give up, it must be magic" (like you), they actually try to figure it out. Also, paradigms change if the theory doesn't fit the data. So far, this is not something that evolution has to worry about.

[@AtheosNous]

Stephane Guenette The most important difference between science and religion is, as zakiechan said, science has and *will* change its paradigm when the evidence changes. To change one's mind in religion is blasphemy or heresy. I pose the question to many believers "What would change your mind about your god?" - "Nothing" is their brainwashed reply.

[@ungertron]

Atheos Nous Good post, you say: " science has and will change its paradigm when the evidence changes." Yea that is why science is so much better than the manmade supernatural gods of the world. What is the source of all scientifically verified truth? The self-activating mathematical natural laws that are actualized by the forces of physics. So the father, the son & the holy ghost compose the silly supernatural fake non-god, the phony biblical non-god is just a metaphor for the natural laws & forces of physics that compose the real all natural God.

[@TheAs57]

Stephane Guenette Find out the biggest problem. Please like the video because religious people dislike and attack the video. It shows a realistic problem of the world. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpi9ip6orLWGqtk

[@ungertron]

Angel Vila With practically 100% certainty there is a measurably real God composed of the mathematic symmetries called the fundamental and emergent laws of nature that are integrated with the forces of physics. The genuine big bang creator and law of nature ruler of the universe, the true reason there is everything rather than nothing, the real actualizer of all truth & reality is the genuine Deity documented over the last 400 years by the natural sciences & reason. Nothing supernatural has ever been documented with unambiguous evidence. Only weak anecdotal evidence supports anything supernatural, so most probably everything has a natural explanation, especially the big bang creator, evolver of humanity the Darwinian way & law of nature ruler of the universe God.

[@ReiMarvel]

RIP James Randi. This video introduced me to him and the plethora of amazing people that helped open me up to the idea of secularism and humanism. Missing the 1st song used for this.

[@andromedaiscoming185]

one of my newly favorite quotes: "George Bush says he speaks to god every day, and Christians love him for it. If George Bush said he spoke to god through his hair dryer, they would think he was mad. I fail to see how the addition of a hair dryer makes it any more absurd."

[@ungertron]

"This famous atheist speaks to Obama every day, and other atheists love him for it. If this atheist said he spoke to Obama through his hair dryer, they would think he was mad. I fail to see how the addition of a hair dryer makes it any more absurd." The point is that this stone cold logic proves that Obama does not exist.

[@andromedaiscoming185]

ungertron you're a moron

[@ungertron]

Sergio,how absurd god is depends on how you define God. If you define god as the absurd ignoramus in the bible, who has the sun going round the earth, then god can't possibly exist. If you define the mind of God as being analogues to the sum of natural laws directing the forces of nature to evolve all of reality, then there is a God. The consequences of your actions are also realized in accordance with these natural laws AKA the mind of God. In this way you communicate with God every day by your trial & error life experience, you decide your actions God decides your consequences in accordance with natural laws.

[@andromedaiscoming185]

ungertron the christian version of god, or pretty much any religious version of god is absurd, if you dont see that then your a christian probably

[@ungertron]

sergio roberts Albert Einstein Quotes on Philosophy of Religion, Theology, God ..... 'The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.' That lame brain Einstein must be another "moron" according to you.

[@blurp8996]

this video turned me into an atheist 😊

[@Christoere]

This was a very good video, but I can't believe there was no mention of Steven Hawking!

[@thecroutoncave1924]

From what I recall Steven Hawking is agnostic

[@arthur-qm8qs]

Before dying Stephen hawking admitted to believe that there was a higher being architect of our reality

[@friedrichkass1644]

Im also of Jewish descent from both side, and yet atheist! To be an atheist, means rational, healthy thinking!

[@cooldude-mi9wz]

Yea the *sterytypical atheist* you mean?

[@ShadowZZZ]

Being an atheist is like being the only sober on in the car, and then they wont even let you drive. According to a study, religiosity is inversly proportional to IQ. I recommend reading books and watching videos from great thinkers like Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Sagan, Hawking and Harari - all great scientists, thinkers, authors and atheists.

[@phr3ui559]

Most of those people u mentioned got btfo

[@phr3ui559]

have you have heard of “correlation does not equal causation” too?

[@cooldude-mi9wz]

Lol we see a white lil ahh collage girl searching for her next rooster. How does blieving in god hurt you? No sex? No drink?

[@SyrinSlava]

I find it cute seeing all these theists commenting on the video trying to defend their 'god' while the atheists just laugh in the background.

[@rocklee33333]

Nano You make no sense!

[@gusgutierrez6721]

We’ll see who has the last laugh. For your sake I hope you’re right. If atheists are right nobody has anything to lose but if Christians are right, an eternity awaits. Good “luck”!

[@cliftongaither6642]

​@@gusgutierrez6721ahh yes, Pascal's wager, typical. your idle threat of torture has absolutely no effect on atheists. try again.

[@TessaNow]

This is one of the best atheist videos I've seen to date, simply because I don't think many realize just how many of the creators and inventors are atheists...

[@ShaneCopen]

Love this one. One of my all time favorites. Seen people brought to tears over this vid.

[@TessaNow]

Fourberry Jones No, I haven't. What's it about?

[@TessaNow]

I was quite fortunate in that I attended a school that focused on the sciences and taught the scientific method from the age of about 13. If I didn't get it then, my late father made very sure I understood it. Going through all his writing over the last few days, it struck me how like him my analysis was.

[@BailiffQuimby]

Those stories additionally illustrate the ineffectiveness of 'god' in fixing health ailments, which was the topic of the discussion, in case you'd forgotten. I'm glad to hear that you are against medical neglect. The key point, however, is that praying to god to cure an ailment is the same as doing nothing about an ailment.

[@offthekirb]

Atheist's please take the "Convert me to atheism challenge 2016" I want to learn and engage with you, bring your rebuttals!

[@ForthrightForChrist-ts4io]

Amen brother Joe!

[@jeremiah5319]

You poor "smart" and "intelligent" Atheists. You who are commenting and the one who made the humorous (and ironic) video could have spent about two minutes researching to learn the meaning of Psalms 14:1 and Psalms 53:1, which say, "The fool says in his heart, There is no God..." Had you spent two minutes researching you wouldn't appear to be so foolish. Just trying to help you here, so don't throw stones at the messenger. Just get a clue before typing or opening your mouth to speak on issues you are ignorant about, especially Bible verses. The Bible says that those in unbelievers (e.g., Atheists) do not understand the meaning of God's word when they read it. You just prove the point when you make videos and comment like you're doing here. The following is from the website Gotquestions.org -- try it out sometime. Question: "What does the Bible mean when it says “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’”?" Answer: Both Psalm 14:1 and Psalm 53:1 read, “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” Some take these verses to mean that atheists are stupid, i.e., lacking intelligence. However, that is not the only meaning of the Hebrew word translated “fool.” In this text, the Hebrew word is nabal, which often refers to an impious person who has no perception of ethical or religious truth. The meaning of the text is not “unintelligent people do not believe in God.” Rather, the meaning of the text is “sinful people do not believe in God.” In other words, it is a wicked thing to deny God, and a denial of God is often accompanied by a wicked lifestyle. The verse goes on to list some other characteristics of the irreligious: “They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; / there is no one who does good.” Psalm 14 is a study on the universal depravity of mankind. Many atheists are very intelligent. It is not intelligence, or a lack thereof, that leads a person to reject belief in God. It is a lack of righteousness that leads a person to reject belief in God. Many people do not object to the idea of a Creator, as long as that Creator minds His own business and leaves them alone. What people reject is the idea of a Creator who demands morality from His creation. Rather than struggle against a guilty conscience, some people reject the idea of God altogether. Psalm 14:1 calls this type of person a “fool.” Psalm 14:1 says that denying God’s existence is commonly based on a desire to lead a wicked life. Several prominent atheists have admitted the truth of this... (read more at GotQuestions.org) -- Google GOTQUESTIONS PSALMS 14:1 MEANING

[@skippergrumby12]

Carl Sagan was not an atheist. "An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid." --Carl Sagan As attributed in "A tribute to Carl Sagan: A Sagan File" by Joel Achenbach in Skeptic Magazine, Vol 13, No. 1 (2006) Note that Skeptic magazine is an atheist magazine with Richard Dawkins on its board.

[@dusty3913]

Wrong wrong wrong...quote miner. You dont know Sagan.

[@dyad2r1]

“Everything is determined…by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust-we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.” - Albert Einstein

[@andrew11bravo11]

Oh how much times have changed since this video was made

[@Phendoxia]

you know this video is old when he gives you a myspace link

[@zakiechan]

LOL great point! It's almost embarrassing to think I had MySpace.

[@pianoman159]

I was scrolling through my favorite's list and came upon this gem. This was my favorite video when I was 13 and was starting to use more logic 😅

[@dlaw884]

abuse used to overwhelm me....but now, now that I have confessed my brokeness to God, I know peace more than ever. Now, that's not to say it's all happy and dandy. No. I dont talk to my dad anymore. My whole family has basically shunned me for standing up to him and saying, "No, this is not the way to live...there is a better way in Jesus." But I can say I now live life to the fullest. I dont have to hide my brokeness. I can be healed everyday. THat's been my story and I believe God can do the

[@lazysheshu5823]

You should have mentioned Erwin Schrödinger dude. That man is also an atheist. The working of Quantum computer is based on his famous thought experiment.

[@JoshGulick]

This is one big appeal to authority fallacy, and not a defense at all.

[@talkinghead3783]

Josh Gulick please read the description

[@JoshGulick]

Fgb Gbn please read my comment with the assumption that I have read the description.

[@039dalekmoore2007]

The Atheist is the most beautiful form of man kind ...

[@sweetshaman]

I was raised Greek Orthodox, my godfather is a priest, I went to Catholic school. I married a good Catholic girl 20 years ago and I loved Jesus and raised my children to have faith in Christ as their Savior and I taught Sunday School to high school kids. I Never doubted God existed. Faith became a problem for me when I looked into the 'faith' Muslims had in Allah. Though not a Muslim I recognized something identical in Islam - 'Faith' from a book. Seeing it through their eyes, I was infidel.

[@OG213LA]

I always say, “Humanity currently worships nearly 5,000 gods, but don’t worry, only yours is right.”

[@cooldude-mi9wz]

One was right before others corroupted the words

[@OG213LA]

@@cooldude-mi9wz : And coincidentally is the one you believe in… lol

[@janetwells8362]

Great video, Sagan in particular i could listen to all day. I've just finished reading a book called 2082 The Chronicles Of Hope and it's about an atheist humanitarian politician. 1st chapter on the website for it i think and worth checking out... features a speech on atheism that is genius

[@dyad2r1]

Einstein believed in intelligent design: "Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion."

[@BailiffQuimby]

For a prophecy to be a valid phenomenon: 1) The event must demonstrably have occurred. 2) The prophecy must demonstrably have been made before the event occurred. 3) The event cannot be something that was likely to have happened anyway. 4) The prophecy must be specific enough that it could only apply to the one event. 5) The prophecy cannot potentially have been self-fulfilling. Do any of the "fulfilled prophecies" in the bible meet these simple criteria?

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

Everything ethereal. Why matter itself is not absolute but reacts differently at the atomic level when under human observation.

[@dyad2r1]

"God helps those that help themselves" - Ben Franklin

[@dyad2r1]

Jesus isn't given enough credit for what he accomplished during his short life. Here was a man who showed up out of nowhere & began teaching. Turns out he was not only a great story-teller, but a great intellect. Besides Aramaic & Hebrew, he knew Greek & Latin. Many of his stories were in the form of parables & others based on personal experience. He spoke in words that people could understand & relate to. His message was so compelling that today, Christianity is the world's #1 religion.

[@GodisMythology]

Did I say that? I accept that I don't know. I accept that you don't know. I accept that nobody knows.

[@musebell10]

Einstein have repeatedly declared he's an agnostic and that he doesn't believe in a personal god. "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."--Albert Einstein (1954)

[@dyad2r1]

"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God." Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939)

[@pandstar]

Atheist artists- Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Bacon, Marcel Duchamp, Authors - Sir Kingsley Amis, Howard Breton, Albert Camus (Nobel winner), Anton Chekhov, Ken Follet, Jules Verne, Arthur Miller, Camille Paglia, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf,

[@FMZ101]

Nation under god = pure cringe? Atheist by default here.

[@dyad2r1]

The 'Net offers many varying definitions of agnostic and atheist. Atheists say they're the same, other atheists say they're not; agnostics say they're not atheists or they're not sure. Don't argue with me, take it up with them.

[@dyad2r1]

"Science has shown so far that the universe can and does exist without the need for a creator." ** Stephen Hawking said "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing." My question for him is, did gravity create itself?

[@GodisMythology]

If the concept of a father who plots to have his own son put to death is presented to children as beautiful and worthy of societies admiration, what types of human behavior can be presented to them as reprehensible?

[@pandstar]

Atheist poets - Emily Dickenson, Philip Larkin, Charles Bukowsky, Lord Byron, Percy and Mary Shelly, Scientists - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Nobel), Georges Charpak (Nobel), Francis Crick (Nobel), Richard Feynman, Alan Guth, Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Leakey, Leon M. Lederman (Nobel), Desmond Morris, Alfred Nobel, Linus Pauling... This list could go on for pages...

[@dyad2r1]

Depression, drug use, lack of parental acception, etc. But there's more. Gallup reported something more accurate than estimates and opinion polls: "The 2000 U.S. Census Bureau found that homosexual couples constitute less than 1% of American households."

[@TheYaniTV]

Everything has a Scientific explanation. The things that we cannot explain, doesn't mean that they are not science... 1500 years ago people were wondering if the world is flat...

[@happypersonshania]

Einstein clearly stated what HE believes in. He did not disrespect any religion. That was his thoughts. You have yours as well.

[@dyad2r1]

I found reference to Mr. Lueba at "Scientists and Belief." The Lueba study took place in 1914 and said the scientists were equally divided, 42%-42%. The 2006 Pew study said 51% of scientists believe in some form of deity or higher power; specifically, 33% of scientists say they believe in God, while 18% believe in a universal spirit or higher power. So now what?

[@dyad2r1]

"I am a contributing member of Doctors without Borders and also Oxfam (both secular) . We are trying to alleviate the situation which is dire in Africa. We are working with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation (Atheists both) to help starving farmers in India" Correction. Bill Gates is an agnostic, Melinda is Roman Catholic, and Doctors without Borders is a Christian charity. See "Doctors Without Borders Organization Worthy of Support"

[@crosshairprofessional]

Thanks for the respectful rousing debate good people. My hats off to you who didn't resort to petty insults and disrespectful language. I will now leave you in peace.

[@JamesTimSamson]

Yo

[@dyad2r1]

If atheists were as happy with their non-belief as they'd have us believe, they'd have no need to obsess over religion. But they do, and their protestations indicate they're not content at all.

[@BailiffQuimby]

I don't rely on "the net". I rely on the Oxford English Dictionary. It's the most reliable source for definitions of English words as they are used in the English speaking world. And I've never met anyone who thinks the words are synonymous. They don't mean the same thing. They simply are not mutually exclusive. Like a person can have a mustache and a person can have a beard. Doesn't mean a person couldn't have both. Or neither.

[@BailiffQuimby]

Quite right - for something to be a sacrifice, then there must be something that is lost to the person sacrificing it. Nothing was lost, hence no sacrifice.

[@BelieveRomans623]

The proof is the impossibility of the contrary. The challenge for atheist is to prove atheistic reasoning is valid without using a viciously circular argument.

[@GodisMythology]

Morality is what governs your actions when there's neither the promise of reward nor the fear of punishment, and when no one's watching. You don't have morals. You merely take orders.

[@dyad2r1]

I like this one: “I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.”

[@pandstar]

The Leuba study was repeated in 1933 & 1998. In 1933 the % of disbelievers was 68%. And in 1998, the % was 72%.

[@dyad2r1]

If one day my granddaughter should announce that she was a lesbian, I'd accept it and love her just the same.

[@BailiffQuimby]

2) I am an agnostic atheist. People who do not believe in a god and insist "I just don't know" are also agnostic atheists. They're just agnostic atheists who have the same misunderstanding as you about the definitions.

[@crosshairprofessional]

Mostly because prominent Astronomy Profesors like Christopher D. Impey, who studied under Einstein and now works for NASA often stated that Einstein beleved in the same god as Newton. Would you like the link?

[@dlaw884]

existence. Indeed, life was a burden and not a blessing for most of my life. But when I began to start talking about things to Christians, things started to change. I began to learn how to be at peace with myself, but it wasnt a sermon that did it, it wasnt anything church related. I simply started meditating. I started to actually listen to the silence of God. It was the silence of God that changed me. Silence no longer is something I fear, I actually need it. The inner violence and memories of

[@dyad2r1]

That man who won the $333 million lottery said he prayed for years and years that he'd pick the winning number, and guess what?

[@dyad2r1]

That was then, this is now. Nobody's persecuting scientists who say they don't believe in God. WEAK

[@GodisMythology]

I chose Einstein as my avatar because I admire his intellect. I don't care if he was an atheist or not. However, one year before his death he did say: "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this"

[@dyad2r1]

"Anyhow, the link if you please?" The poll was conducted in 2010, but you can google "Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion Surveys of Religion" where it's referenced.

[@BailiffQuimby]

I wouldn't make a point of telling my daughters that an author they like is gay unless for some reason they asked about it, eg: "does he have a wife?" in which case I would tell them in a very g-rated manner that many men fall in love with a woman and marry her. But some men, like Sendak, fall in love with a man and marry him. And likely, that would be the end of the discussion, as young children tend not to be bigots. Worst case, they'd say, "that's weird" and then go color or something.

[@BailiffQuimby]

2) William Boyd CBE, Lily Braun, Howard Brenton, André Breton, Brigid Brophy, Lady Levey, Alan Brownjohn, Charles Bukowski, John Burroughs, Lawrence Bush, Mary Butts, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Henry Cadbury, John W. Campbell, Albert Camus, Giosuè Carducci, Angela Carter, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Edward Clodd, Anton Chekhov, Claud Cockburn, G. D. H. Cole, Ivy Compton-Burnett DBE, Cyril Connolly, Joseph Conrad, Edmund Cooper, William Cooper, Jim Crace, Theodore Dalrymple, Akshay Kumar Datta,...

[@seeyaatthebema]

It will be interesting (and sad) to see these atheists try to justify themselves at the judgement, which they don't believe in. I doubt that the Messiah will be impressed with all of their credentials. He will say to them...."Depart from me, I never knew you."

[@dyad2r1]

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1) ** Atheists can never grasp that. They can't think outside the box and are slaves to their own ideology.

[@BailiffQuimby]

"Your lists of atheists were flawed because they included agnostics." Nope. Agnosticism and atheism are not mutually exclusive. I did not include any agnostic theists, only agnostic atheists. Hence, the list was not flawed.

[@GodisMythology]

People mumbling to themselves won't make any difference. However, the community support for the victims is what matters.

[@BailiffQuimby]

3) ... Rhys Davies, Frank Dalby Davison, Richard Dawkins, Alain de Botton, Daniel Dennett, Isaac Deutscher, Thomas M. Disch, Carlo Dossi, Roddy Doyle, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carol Ann Duffy, Turan Dursun, Terry Eagleton, Greg Egan, Dave Eggers, Barbara Ehrenreich, George Eliot, Harlan Ellison, F.M. Esfandiary, Dylan Evans, Gavin Ewart, Michel Faber, Oriana Fallaci, Vardis Fisher, Tom Flynn, Ken Follett, E. M. Forster OM, John Fowles, Maureen Freely, James Frey, Stephen Fry...

[@dyad2r1]

Atheists love the Bible because it's so much fun. It has interesting stories, moral lessons, humor, folk wisdom, history, sex and violence, paradox, symbolism, and uplifting stories of forgiveness, love and mercy. It has something for everybody - Christians and atheists alike. Other religions are boring compared to Christianity.

[@mattlainson5118]

I don't know a single scientist who would disagree with the statement that the world is exceedingly ingenious, the manifestation of something truly extraordinary. How could this extraordinary fine tuning of the universe be anything less than unmistakable evidence of a divine creator.

[@vegasthunder]

Carl Sagan was not an Atheist. Although he did not believe in a "God", he also could not prove that there was not a "God", and therefore he was Agnostic. "The question [Do you believe in God?] has a peculiar structure. If I say no, do I mean I'm convinced God doesn't exist, or do I mean I'm not convinced he does exist? Those are two very different questions. [Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact (New York: Pocket Books, 1985), p. 168.]

[@dyad2r1]

In that case, you're at odds with the intellectually-dishonest atheists who say they don't believe in the supernatural.

[@crosshairprofessional]

Einstein refered to Tesla as the smartest man on the planet.

[@Nloveru]

I will not be bullied into following something clearly immoral and stupid.

[@pandstar]

Nobel winner for 2012 in Physics David Wineland is an atheist.

[@BailiffQuimby]

Um, I'm saying that I don't believe in the supernatural, and I just explained why I don't believe in the supernatural. How am I at odds with the other atheists who do the exact same thing?

[@dyad2r1]

Keep in mind that the US is a very religious country. The three major religions forbid the practice of homosexuality. People take this very seriously, and I respect that. Nevertheless, I believe that we're all God's children.

[@dyad2r1]

No, I can't. Why did you choose Einstein for your icon? He wasn't an atheist.

[@dyad2r1]

The achievements of the above-shown atheists are laudable, but where are the prize-winning atheist poets, serious writers and great artists? If there are any, why aren't they included?

[@BailiffQuimby]

8) ..., Kate Pullinger, Philip Pullman CBE, Thomas Pynchon, Craig Raine, Ayn Rand, Derek Raymond, Stan Rice, Joseph Ritson, Michael Rosen, Alex Rosenberg, José Saramago, Dan Savage, Bernard Schweizer, Maurice Sendak, George Bernard Shaw, Michael Shermer, Claude Simon, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Joan Smith, Warren Allen Smith, Wole Soyinka, Olaf Stapledon, David Ramsay Steele, George Warrington Steevens, Bruce Sterling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Andre Suares, Italo Svevo,...

[@dyad2r1]

In other words, you don't know. My point is that atheists DO believe in the supernatural despite saying they don't.

[@BailiffQuimby]

"Why should it? I'm not superstitious." Are you sure? Oxford English - Superstition: "excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings" So have you stopped believing that a god exists since we last discussed it? Or are you superstitious?

[@BailiffQuimby]

The Grammarist is mistaken, you absolutely can have it both ways. Most atheists do. Check the Oxford English Dictionary - it's usually my go-to for understanding the actual meanings of words. An atheist lacks belief in gods and an agnostic believes that it is impossible to know whether a god exists. But there is nothing mutually exclusive about these concepts. I do not believe a god exists. But I do not claim to KNOW that there are no gods. This categorizes me as both agnostic and an atheist.

[@dyad2r1]

The thing about polls and surveys is, most of them concede that their numbers may be questionable so they add little caveats. It's true on both sides.

[@BailiffQuimby]

That's as I suspected. Smarmy means: "ingratiating and wheedling in a way that is perceived as insincere or excessive" And I certainly have not been attempting to ingratiate or wheedle myself to you, either excessively or insincerely. I kinda figured after I called you on it, you'd at least look up the word before embarrassing yourself further.

[@BelieveRomans623]

The proof that God exists is that without God you cannot prove anything

[@BailiffQuimby]

7) ... Andrew Motion FRSL, Clare Mulley, Dame Iris Murdoch, Douglas Murray, Pablo Neruda, Aziz Nesin, Larry Niven, Michael Nugent, Joyce Carol Oates, Redmond O'Hanlon, John Oswald, Frances Partridge, Camille Paglia, Robert L. Park, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Raj Patel, Cesare Pavese, Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Calel Perechodnik, Fernando Pessoa, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Harold Pinter, Luigi Pirandello, Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Neal Pollack, Terry Pratchett, Marcel Proust...

[@dyad2r1]

My granddaughter is only six. She can form her own opinions when she's older.

[@dyad2r1]

"Superstition is dying. Does that worry you?" ** Why should it? I'm not superstitious.

[@astrophonix]

I've met Anne Druyan, Carl Sagan's widow, and she says he was, like her, an agnostic atheist. He did not believe in god as there was no evidence to support such an idea, he couldn't disprove it, but then, he couldn't disprove pixies either, but that's not sufficient reason to believe such things exist. You don't base your beliefs on whatever 'smart' people think anyway, so your point is totally superfluous.

[@dyad2r1]

When you said "gods may exist ..," I took you for an agnostic. As a rule, an athiest will declare "god/gods do NOT exist" and an agnostic will allow for the possibility that they MIGHT exist, but there's no evidence that they do" or "so far, there's no evidence that they exist."

[@BailiffQuimby]

4) ..., Frederick James Furnivall, Alex Garland, Constance Garnett, Nicci Gerrard, Rebecca Goldstein, Nadine Gordimer, Antonio Gramsci, Robert Graves, Graham Greene OM, CH, Germaine Greer, David Grossman, Jan Guillou, Mark Haddon, Daniel Handler, Lorraine Hansberry, Sam Harris, Harry Harrison, Tony Harrison, Seamus Heaney, Robert A. Heinlein, Zoë Heller, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Dorothy Hewett, Archie Hind, Christopher Hitchens, R. J. Hollingdale, Michel Houellebecq, A. E. Housman...

[@GodisMythology]

He did pretty well for a drop out and a patent clerk.

[@dyad2r1]

It doesn't take a rocket science to figure that one out. Wernher von Braun was a rocket scientist, you could ask him. But, wait, he was a Christian. Forget that and ask Buzz Aldrin. He was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. Upon landing, he radioed: "I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever & wherever they may be, to contemplate the events of the past few hours and give thanks." He then gave himself Communion. I guess you're SOL.

[@dyad2r1]

Go back to Wikipedia and get your facts straight. Excerpt: "Although it is rumored that his Christian Science faith prevented him from visiting the hospital, his stepmother and others deny this, as he had ceased practicing 15 years prior..." It also reports that Henson DID go to the hospital. That's where he died.

[@dyad2r1]

My initial thinking was, the video should have included atheist Nobel laureates in literature, the fine arts, etc. I can see it would be an impossible task since many of them are old, decrepit or dead. He'd also have to weed out the agnostics included in the atheist hot list.

[@crosshairprofessional]

The Big Bang Model and the expanding universe was the theory of Georges Lamaitre who was a Catholic priest/physicist.

[@pandstar]

Some of us care if our beliefs are true, or at least likely to be true. If you're happy believing something because ti will make you feel better, have at it. That is known as intellectually dishonesty. "The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one" - George Bernard Shaw

[@BailiffQuimby]

The Grammarist also, despite admitting in his definition that an atheist can simply be someone who lacks belief in a god, later implies that an atheist is someone who actively claims there is definitely no god. So he's a little confused even within his own post.

[@pandstar]

Also, when it comes to the elite scientists in the National Academy of Science, the % of disbelievers jumps to 93%. This is the same % for the Royal Academy of Science in the UK.

[@pandstar]

I am an atheist. I do not believe in either Satan or any god.