Gary Wolf writes: "Contemptuous of the faith of others, [atheism's] proponents never doubt their own beliefs."
Excuse me? As an atheist, I do not believe, therefore, I can have no doubt about my belief. Unless, to believers, not believing is some kind of believing. But, besides being nonsense, that is a very good illustration of the mindset of believers, who seem incapable of understanding, let alone imagining, atheism -- that is, a worldview without their, or any, belief in a deity. To all those theists out there, who remain confused about this simple idea of not believing: atheism = (a + theism) = (no + belief in a deity).
Later, Wolf lays down another theist clanger: "Unsolved problems in diverse fields, along with a skepticism about knowledge in general, are used to demonstrate that a deity might not be impossible." If one is skeptical about knowledge in general, then those unsolved problems in diverse fields can't be used to demonstrate much of anything, but if some theist out there thinks they can then they must also demonstrate that a deity might not be possible.
I think it was Einstein who said "God begins where the mind ends." That was a just a nice way of saying that theists don't think.
Barrie AbbottVancouver BC
