NOTE: I am in NO way saying that people who have a religion are idiotic or anything of the like. I am well aware that many of you out there who believe in a deity/deities are rational people and, again, I am in NO way attempting to offend those of religious beliefs in general.


Ok, as many of you know, I happen to be an atheist (Ok, technically, agnostic-atheist, but you get the idea). Anyhow...I also spend quite a bit of time on youtube and it always amazes me how utterly inane the comments I find that were written by fundementalists tend to be. Seriously, the comments tend to range from hilarious to utterly repulsive to downright pathetic.

However, perhaps one of the most idiotic comments I had read was a comment made on a video made by The Young Turks (Check out their channel, if you haven't already, I highly recommend it).

Now, unfortunately, the comment appears to have been removed, so I'll just have to paraphrase what it said (in bold)-

"in order for atheists not to believe in god they must acknowledge that god exists in order not to believe in god."

Or...something long those lines.

Ok, I've heard more coherent and logical statements coming from a drunk person. I mean, the utter lack of intelligence in said comment is mind boggling.

Ugh...where do I start-

FIRST of all, there is a big...BIG difference between believing in something and acknowledging something as fact. For example, I believe that Tim Curry is a very handsome man (He looks like a big, squishy, huggable teddy bear). Now, does that make it true? Is it a fact that Tim Curry is handsome? No, of course not. It's just what I believe. There are cerainly people out there who believe otherwise.

On the other hand, to acknowledge something as fact is to be aware that something is true. For example, I acknowledge that dolphins are mammals. Why? Because there is evidence to support this fact. Therefore, me not acknowledging the fact that dolphins are mammals would label me as a complete moron for not realizing the truth right in front of my eyes.

Second, WHY would atheists such as myself NOT believe in something if it were proven as true. If it ever occurs that there is ANY sort of god/goddess/gods then we will SURELY accept it as fact.

However, until a deity/deities of some sort do appear, we will continue to NOT believe in them. Why? Well, because, right now, there's just no evidence whatsoever that supports a deity existing. Now, does this mean there are no gods at all. Well, not necessarily.

I, for example, am not sure whether or not a god/gods of any sort exist, but I believe it's highly unlikely any do.

In other words, WHY would we have to acknowledge something as existing if we don't believe it doesn't exist in the first place? It doesn't make sense. If a deity of some sort DOES exist, then of course we will acknowledge his/her/its/their existence (But only it's proven said deity even exists in the first place). However, since we currently CANNOT acknowledge as fact that any deity exists, then OF COURSE atheists such as myself are NOT going to believe in any.

It's like someone saying-"You cannot believe that fairies don't exist if you don't acknowledge that fairies are real in order not to believe in them."

Does that make ANY sense to anyone?