Reply #19: Actually he is right, atheism cannot simply be the lack of belief in [View All]

[VegasWolf]

god, if it were, it would simply be moot and nonsensical. Atheism
is an assertion that there is no intelligent force driving the
universe, that all actions are inherently irrational, and that there
is no underlying mystical force that is predetermining the outcome of events. Religious people use belief in a Kierkegaard sense, that
is, when confronted for a proof that there is a god, they rely on
belief to sustain them, given that there can never be a proof either
for or against the existence of god. No philosopher has ever
managed this feat and human logic cannot trump an irrational universe. This type of Kierkegaard "belief" obviously does not apply to atheists. What is appropriate is a positive assertion of underlying randomness.