Just had to revisit this to wind down the discussion:
"Atheism: The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and nothing magically exploded for no reason creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason whatsoever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs. Makes perfect sense."
Let me fix it for you:
Atheism: Lack of belief in a deity.
Why do you insist on conflating a very one dimensional attribute (atheism) with an entire belief system that may or may not be shared by all atheists? And then misrepresent that belief system so grossly? Let's try this definition:
Naturalistic Rationalism: The belief that the universe spontaneously arose from natural processes we generally understand, setting in motion a logically consistent series of events that eventually resulted in self-replicating molecules which over time which has resulted in the development of sentience in one or more species which has the capability of creating ever more refined models of the universe not based on magic, wishful thinking, or blindly ignoring the evidence.
Makes perfect sense. And you don't have to be an atheist to believe it is the most rational way to learn more about our universe.
Regards,
Mg
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