I'm not accusing globally. I'm simply pointing out an explicit example in the article you posted. That's, like, one.

Replace "science" with "anything" and we're on the same page.

Because we have not answered a question does not mean there is some god hidden behind ;-)

A belief in an afterlife doesn't necessitate a belief in (a) god.

Occam's razor has a lot to do with my disbelief as well.

:-)

In my country, we are 98% Orthodox, and we declare ourselves as religious. The Church comes very high in polls asking "what social institution do we trust". But my country is also the first in corruption, in the European Union.

It's not really religion that helps alcoholics, drug addicts, etc. It's other people, like priests, social workers, etc. People that want to do good.

Think about it like this: if there was a supernatural entity that made the universe, would it be selective as to which people would it reveal its presence?

To put it in other words: if the muslim God was true, wouldn't he reveal himself to ALL the people, instead of SOME of the people? unless this God was a biased one, considering some of his creations more worthy to some other creations.

I wasn't talking about you, specifically.

Anyway, the historical evidence of any ancient book depends on the historical monuments we find today. Since some of what the Bible claims have been found, some of it is true. It's not all of it true, unless proven otherwise.

This is valid for any text. For example, just because the mountain of Olympus exists in Greece, it does not mean that the 12 Gods of ancient Greece existed.

This only proves that the Christian Mission on Princess St has some good people in it. On the other hand, the Orthodox Church of Greece has a vast fortune (largely made out of donations of people that did not want their land/goods to fall to Turkish hands) of several hundred billion euros worth, but the homeless in Athens have been increased at the last few years...not to mention the shameless lobbying of the head of church, mr Christodoulos, who wants the state to 'donate' public land to the Church so he can make hotels and other businesses.

So, George Bush, who is a declared Born Again Christian, lives in the spirit of Jesus? Jesus said 'turn the other chick', not 'make war', last time I checked.

And let's not go into the Catholic Church and all the crimes it has done in the past centuries...

While the hurricane Katrina was turning the city of New Orleans into Atlantis, an old man sat on his roof praying to God. A boat came along the street and some people on board shouted to the man to climb down and follow them.
"Don't mind me. I've prayed to God to rescue me."
After some hours the water had raised to the level of the top of the roof. Another boat with some other people came by. Again they wanted the man to come on board and follow them.
"Don't bother. I've prayed to God. I have trust in Him. He'll rescue me."
Again, after some hours the man was standing on his chimney, hardly being able to stay still. A new boat came by. Again the old man refused to take any help. Then he drowned.
Well, he was after all a righteous man and passed the pearly gate and all that. He finally faced God and said: "I was a bit disappointed down there. I prayed for you to rescue me, didn't I?"
Said God: "Well, I tried three times to rescue you, but you refused, you fool."

You fool ! God just do not want to be bored by geeks like you Karadoc ;-)

Maybe it would reveal itself to everyone if we just knew where to look. Maybe, as you stated, some creations are more worthy than others. Maybe it's a reclusive being that doesn't reveal itself to anyone, but is still out there somewhere. And, of course, maybe it doesn't even exist at all-- either because it never did, or because it once did but then it died. We have no proof one way or the other, so we don't know.

You can make assumptions about its behavior (it must want to reveal itself) and then based on those assumptions argue that your assertion is true, but there is no proof that those assumptions need to hold. They are as much "faith" as the belief (or lack thereof) in the entity in the first place. If you're arguing against a religion whose dogma includes the assertion that the God/supernatural being/whatever wants to reveal itself to everyone, then you've definitely made a successful argument against that religion specifically-- but not theism in general. Other cases are possible, like I said just above.

If that was the case, knowing how to find God would be common knowledge by now.

But wait a minute. Which God?

God can't be unfair or biased, otherwise he is no God.

Then it wouldn't make a difference: it would be exactly if God did not exist.

Actually, your argument reinforces my position. It is not me that says that God reveals himself to some people, it's religious people that claim it. I am simply asking the obvious: if God reveals himself to some people, then why does he reveal himself as A in one case and as B in another case?

Another logical fallacy. The majority of the world accepts a deity, but the world is full of problems. Therefore, you must either admit that (a) all bad things come from atheists or (b) the world is not full of problems or (c) your proposition is wrong.

blah blah blah... Life is not a fairytale... blah. There are no happy endings... Blah... I think this thread should have died a long time ago...

Actually he left on the 5th page.

Talking about something else than programming or computers is good for your inner ballance