@Anonymous: Lack of belief in something is still a belief.

@Anonymous: Horseshit!

@Anonymous: Moreover, atheists do have beliefs. They likely believe in evolution and the big bang. They also likely have a humanist belief system. Atheism is its own system of customary belief hidden behind a veil of non-belief.

@Anonymous: No, not believing in something that has no evidence is absolutely not scientifically valid. It's called confirmation bias, if evidence does not exist, then no conclusions can be drawn. Any hypothesis is valid, but for the scientific method to work, studies must be carried out in a non-biased manner.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN UNICORNS

NOT SCIENTIFIC

@Anonymous: Examined in an unbiased manner, one could ask the question: "could unicorns exist?"

Valid studies may include equine gene sequencing, gene silencing, and gene splicing to determine if the genome for a horse or similar animal could actually contain a horn. We have yet to see a mutation that would result in a "unicorn," it does not mean that it's impossible however.

@Anonymous: Okay.

The statement "I know that unicorns do not exist" is of course not scientifically valid...

However

"I don't believe in unicorns because there isn't any reason to" is perfectly sound in every scientific sense.

@Anonymous: Lets have another round of 'who is trolling who'!

@Anonymous: What was said was that atheism still ultimately counts as a belief system, as those with atheist views predictably adopt some sort of secular philosophical viewpoint.

@Anonymous: Moreover, on the "origin of life" side of things, atheists predictably hold a belief in evolution, and the big bang. Unlike philosophical standpoints, which cannot be conjoined arbitrarily, atheism and the theories of evolution and the big bang are so synonymous that they might as well be considered a part of an atheist system of belief.

@Anonymous: Yet failure to account for the unknown is an amateur mistake in any field of science.

@Anonymous: This is why there are no scientific "proofs", only theories

So do you believe in everything? All I've said here about unicorns is that I don't believe they exist, not that I know they don't exist.

@Anonymous: Now, taking this concept back to atheism, atheism can't accurately say "I know god does not exist," therefore atheism "does not believe that god exists." Therefore, by definition, atheism is not a lack of a belief, it IS a belief, a belief that deities do not exist.

@Anonymous: I'm sorry, but I was simply using discussion and logic to disprove the earlier claims that atheism was not a belief. For the record, lack of belief isn't called atheism, it's called agnostism.

@calhaus: trade secrets hehehe :P

you are all being so yolo

I can't take anybody who believes anyone who acts smart isn't smart.

Some people actually accurately portray themselves, even if your lying ass doesn't.

@TrueBlue: same here... and they think it was the best music ever