The Friendly Atheist

For the first blog post, I thought I would open the discussion to anyone about the primary difference between atheists and theists, i.e., the lack of belief in a god(s) vs. the belief in god(s). The subject of this post is to open up the discussion by defining what, at least I feel, is the primary difference between creationists and atheists. In defining this difference, I take this opening to be my definition of an atheist, in so far as I cannot prove/disprove the existence of god(s), but the probable existence of god(s) seems nearly zero. I also want to make this point here, which is to say the inability to prove disprove something, like the existence of god(s), does not mean that the probability of either event occurring is fifty percent, as in the case of the existence of god(s) the probability god(s) do exist is strictly less than the probability he does not exist. The evidence for that last statement is not based on "fact," as in observable outcomes of a probability measure, but follows from a careful scrutiny of the observable chances of god(s) existence, or lack thereof.

With what I hope is now a clear working definition of atheism, I hope we can now focus on particularities, and develop a wonderful discussion about these topics, including the working definition I put forth above. Please feel free to comment, ask questions, or post your own thoughts in this blog, or on the forum.