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The article's title is wrong: as far as unprovable claims go, unbelief is more rational than belief Yorktown Oct 2015 #1
You should read beyond headlines. rug Oct 2015 #6
Atheism does not confer superiority, but theism confers inferiority Yorktown Oct 2015 #16
Lol, therefore those superior to theists are . . . .? rug Oct 2015 #17
Atheists are the default position, an average bunch of Joes and Janes Yorktown Oct 2015 #18
No, they're not. (And it's atheism, not atheists.) rug Oct 2015 #21
"there is no burden of proof for the unprovable" is a cop-out Yorktown Oct 2015 #23
I still think that reality has some advantages over make-believe. immoderate Oct 2015 #2
How does the lack of knowledge of the unknown or the unproven establish reality? rug Oct 2015 #7
The default position for random claims about the unknown is disbelief. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #8
There is no default position. There is no burden of proof for the unprovable. rug Oct 2015 #9
Ignoring all of the good arguments against the existence of any god cpwm17 Oct 2015 #10
You could discuss a horse's pimple but I doubt you'd find many willing to argue that with you. rug Oct 2015 #11
I don't know is a great answer when there is no evidence or logic to explain the unknowable. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #22
There may not be. rug Oct 2015 #24
But there is a burden of proof about the comical holy books Yorktown Oct 2015 #19
You have not read post 11, have you? rug Oct 2015 #20
Same "leap of faith" that prevents me believing in werewolves. immoderate Oct 2015 #12
Except werewolves have measurable traits. rug Oct 2015 #13
Oh really? immoderate Oct 2015 #14
Remus Lupin told me. rug Oct 2015 #15
"Leap of faith"? bvf Oct 2015 #3
Yep... haikugal Oct 2015 #4
More like leaping OVER faith (nt) Autumn Colors Oct 2015 #5
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