I think atheism, like theism, might be an admirable thing if it were free-standing--vested in genuine insight, intellect, conviction, and not merely partaking of a currently popular world view. That's why I'm an agnostic. Like the Buddha, I want to be free of all ideologies.

I see Pelican, an attack on the God you are answerable is alright in your eyes but an attack on your belief system is 'hateful name calling". This sort of thinking is as logical as that of a highly designed earth coming about as a result of chance.

runner
I am not sure if you are deliberately misinterpreting these posts. How can I attack something which does not exist?

How do you know your God exists?

I understand if you are unable to come up with an answer, I don't think anyone could other than having faith in what someone else has told them or what one has been taught.

Pelican unlike you and many others I am prepared to admit that my belief is a faith based position. Those who believe evolution are totally dishonest when claiming their position is not faith based as shown by your lack of explanation for beginnings and blindness towards design.

Dear o dear, Runner. Evolution has nothing to do with faith; it is the best, most reasonable, most evidence-based explanation of life on Earth. If you bothered to humble yourself (it's not all about us humans), take your blinkers off and actually read about it, you might even be inspired---who knows where it will end?. There is no 'design'--the very notion belittles the cumulative ingenuity, and yet simplicity, of natural selection.
Sorry cobber, but we ain't the centre of everything (get over it); if we do live forever, we'll be keeping pretty mean company :-)

Squeers

You are also one prepared to bend your observations to fit your dogma. You call that science, I call it deceitful.