Atheists dogmatically claim there is no God. Atheism, therefore, is a denial of the ultimate Cause of things, including the law of our being.
Thin is entirely subjective and would only be true if you believed if god is the cause of everything. Denial that God is responsible for such things, doesn't mean i immediatley assume the opinion that life, nature and the universe is all about a struggle and survival of the the fittest.
Sure it is an opinon that requires an Atheist platform to begin with, but being atheist doesn't mean i will follow such a mentality towards life.
For example it is like me saying that anyone whom follows Christianity endorses the burning of those whom do not believe in god, while this mentality requires the platform of christian dogma in order to make sense, it doesn't neccisarily mean that any christian believes such.
Think about it...we don't have to persuade ourselves that there is a God, rather we have to try to persuade ourselves there is no God. No one yet who has attained a temporary persuasion has been able to find a valid reason for it. We don't grow into the idea of a God, we endeavor to grow out of it!
Well i sort of take issue in this, because this is not neccisarily true. Firstly we are often indoctrinated as children with the belief of god (although this is steadily declining), secondly we are often exposed to it in some form in either the media or amongst our peers from such a young age that it is rather difficult to remember at what point you suddenly acknowledged the notion of god. Therefore i think it is impossible to prove that we are born knowing god.
You may present some examples as a counter arguement of this, such as the notion of how god exists first came about, well i didn't say that noone was born believing this, i just don't think the actual idea is present amongst all.
I do believe it is a logical conclusion for us to arrive to, and probably after hearing it for the first time (which is often when your quite young), you attribute such logic as being the truth and why not? Afterall at such an age we are dependant on the guidance and teachings of our parents, you are simply extending this idea further.
All i am saying is that a god must exist because it is so easy to believe, or worse that we are born beleiving it, is simply not true.
God created us; He gave us life and a soul endowed with free will and an intellect (reasoning ability). God also created our inner voice of conscience otherwise known as the Natural Law written on our hearts. In every one of us there is a sense of our moral obligation, of right and wrong. We know interiorly when we are doing wrong...something inside rebukes our conduct.
Actually i believe we get our moral obligation from our life experience and teachings, but let's say you are right, where is the rebuking of conduct amongst the many youths of my own nation who go around stabbing and shooting one another? If god gave us all an inner conscience of right and wrong, where is there's?
