Why is there evil and suffering?

[QuantumOfPeace]

102. Atheism is not a conclusion, it is a preference

It seems plain we can say things about how to be and how to act that aren't science related, but which we would nevertheless not consider delusional.

On review, I found nothing "fundamentally flawed" from "people like me", as you put it.

what was said:

It is a potential counterargument that non-theology has produced horrible conflict as well as "scientific" weapons that can destroy us. In other words, one cannot have it both ways, claiming that "true knowledge" related to non-theology is all good. It isn't. In fact, it is even conceivable that "theological"-only approaches would not have plunged us into these conflicts and shunned even the discovery of these weapons (I doubt it, but still, it is a counterargument!) and could, yet, forestall our destruction by the new ways that we dare develop.

I'll add to that paragraph only that you can't logically choose to wish that perspective away. You can try to say other factors outweigh it (like the 30 years war), but that's about it. In the end, you choose to believe/accept/follow (whatev) "non theology" and others do not.

Theistic belief represents an entire system of ethics and values, a way of life. Anyone can choose the truth of that over atheistic approaches to the same. With good reason. Including your monumental snark, for instance, as I noted.