KnightWing: It's Always a Choice

Below is a list of terms that Atheists often use to describe belief in God:
Blind faith
Belief without basis
Religion
Scientific bias
Illogical

Atheists often say that "believers" merely make the choice to believe in God, regardless of the evidence.  Here's the thing, though:
No matter which side you choose, it's always a choice.


Blind faith / Belief without basis:
Is Atheism really so different from Theism?  The definition of Atheism is "the doctrine or belief that there is no God."
Look at those two words: "doctrine" and "belief."  Those are perhaps the two words most closely associated with the Christian church, yet they also define Atheism.  How does that work?
Think about it.  Atheism is—literally—a negative image of Theism.

Theism:

Atheism:

In the end, even if the difference is black and white, (get it? *wink* *nudge* okay, sorry...) belief is still the one characteristic that shines through.

Belief

–noun

1. something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.

2. confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: a statement unworthy of belief.

3. confidence; faith; trust: a child's belief in his parents.

4. a religious tenet or tenets; religious creed or faith: the Christian belief.

According to Dictionary.com, those are the definitions of the word "belief."  From a purely scientific or Atheist perspective, that sounds like a nightmare!  Blind faith in something that doesn't make sense?  Trust in what cannot be proven?  The horror!
And, yet, Atheism itself is founded upon belief: the belief that God cannot exist.

Perhaps fittingly, the simplest explanation for this can be found in the most simple of arguments:
"Prove God exists!"
"Prove he doesn't."
It's an endless loop.  Trying to apply logic to the God question just doesn't work.  Now, in all fairness to both sides, Theists hold to the belief that they do have proof of God from "personal experience." Of course, the inherent problem with that is that it's not evidence that can be used in an argument with someone else.  And that's not what I'm getting at; I'm not going to argue for one side or the other here.

What I'm getting at is the fact that, in the end, you have to just choose what you want to believe.  Whether you believe that science textbooks or religious scriptures hold the answers to life, ultimately you're making a choice.

There's no such thing as an unbiased person.  Every day we make judgments based on incomplete facts and limited knowledge. (because, after all, the only way to be completely informed about our decisions would be through omniscience)
Even the most scientifically sound "facts" have the potential of being untrue.  I'm not challenging science here or anything, but, for the sake of perspective, let's remember that it was once "science" that the Earth was flat.  That didn't last long, obviously, but the important thing to see is that science is based entirely on human experience, and, because humankind is capable of making mistakes, science is not infallible.

Ultimately, you choose what you believe.  You can't analyze the "big questions" in terms of logic, because logic would require one to know everything about the subjects involved.
Don't be fooled into thinking that what you believe is based on logic or fact: what you believe is just that: belief.

What do you believe?