First Blog

There are many callings to atheism , with no particular common denominator.  Significant are those that suggest non-belief is a rejection of belief partly because of negative feeling toward organized religion, or a matter of life's convenience.  There are few that actually have a well formed non-belief in a deity.  This may be the case because ultimately non-belief in a deity is so similar to belief in a deity that they are virtually indistinguishable. The subject at hand is teleology , doctrines explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.  A great quote for all atheists and all is the following. Fundamental quote:  "Theology is but the ignorance of natural causes reduced to a system."--Baron d'Holbach, Common Sense (1772) Basically, what this says is I don't believe because it doesn't make sense to me. The root of this is that if something is knowable, I can know it - cause I'm smart. :)  Maybe not.  The first part or our posting on atheisms, see

Atheists are curious types.  Let's take the strong view of athiests,  those asserting that no deity exists. (The link also discusses the weak form - more-or-less agnosticism.)   How do these folks come to this conclusion?  There are a couple of reasons: (1) Having no deity anywhere is rather convenient to one's life style.  It gives an excuse or ability to do whatever one wants without regard to primal causes or consequences.  (2) There appears to be a wide body of scientific evidence that the traditional views of creation have no credible place in their thinking and beliefs. Note, we are well beyond any religion, another topic completely, and are moving toward the existence of all that is.  Various views of the universe range widely, though mostly these days the "big-bang" theory is the lingua franca of  views. This means the universe has been created through a terrific explosion of all matter.  It created galaxies and everything else we regard as the material un