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This is ridiculous and depicts very correctly the basis for the atheist philosophy - a worldview based on obsolete 19 century concepts. The fact that you are certain you understand some of those concepts proves how deluded some of you(most?) are. No Nobel Prize winner would claim to know what ANY of those concepts ttruly represent, but obviously it's not a hindrance for the kindergarten you have setup here.
This is a straw man. You probably shouldn't get your definitions of atheism from theists. Atheism is merely a lack of belief in gods. That's it. It's as much as a "philosophy" as your lack of belief in Scientology.
Until there is evidence for invisible, immeasurable beings, then it's rational not to believe in such things. I don't believe in gods for the same reason I don't believe in gremlins. Moreover, I don't believe someone is going to reward or punish me based on what I believe. I find the whole concept very manipulating and ridiculous.
Atheism makes no claims to "divine truths" and most atheists don't even believe such "truths" exist; however, theists claim to KNOW that the answer to the unknowable is their god. Who is more arrogant? Most atheist have a humanistic or rationalistic "philosophy", but atheism, itself, is not a philosophy just as bald is not a hair color.
I think it's much more delusional to believe in invisible, immeasurable beings that are indistinguishable from mythological or imaginary beings. All theists claim "god(s) exists". That is indistinguishable form the delusional claim that Xenu exists. There is no more evidence for one than there is for the other. The atheist merely says there is not enough evidence to believe in any gods. What is delusional about that? Should some actual evidence come along, I'm sure all atheists will reconsider the topic. We would need to be able to distinguish a real god from a misperception or myth or confirmation bias, of course. Most people don't even agree on what god is or what she does, did, or wants-- or even how many there are...or even what it means to say "how many" when you are talking about an invisible but omnipresent being.
I think someone needs to prove that consciousness CAN exist without a material brain before I will believe in any invisible beings. If scientists cannot "know" about such things, then there is no reason to think that anyone else can either.
Edited by articulett, : added "else" to last sentence for clarity.