Atheism is simply defined as “a lack of belief or a strong disbelief in the existence in a god or any gods”. Atheism is not a disbelief in gods or a denial of gods; its a lack of belief in gods. Its an identity, a fabrication an idea, a mindset.
Whether you believe in gods or don’t believe in gods has nothing to do with science and progression of science.
Science does not care about gods. It is the unbiased and the observable and repeatable truth. It refines and corrects itself through knowledge, experience and time. It is simply knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. Right now there is a lot of things science can’t explain like quantum mechanics, the double slit experiment, etc... There are theories however we do not yet have the theory of everything figured out to explain these phenomena. The truth is out there and we just have not uncovered it yet.
Nikola Tesla said “If you want to find the secrets of universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration”. He also said “My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain, knowledge, strength and inspiration.”
We don’t know what’s beyond our existence or if the computer just shuts off or not. At least in the name of science it’s ultimately goal is to uncover unbiased knowledge about the natural world through observable and repeatable facts obtained through experiments and observations. It does not care in peoples beliefs in gods or not.
Atheism is just your fabricated identity. The reason you are reacting like this is because you are being threatened at the realization that what I am saying is true. The episode that I have quoted above in actualized.org explains this type of a reaction perfectly since you perceive it as a threat to your being, identity and world view. I am not looking down at you for being an atheist, I am just saying that it is not real and it is just a fabrication due to a survival mechanism happening subconsciously. Its part of becoming conscious of these survival strategies and understanding them helps us understand each other better and maybe correct ourselves in the process if we see it necessary. This is why I don’t distinguish between atheism and religion. Based on modern teaching about consciousness they identify these types of identities like religion and atheism the same and ultimately classify them as a fabrication.
P.S. science and engineering has put mankind on the moon and not atheism.
Religion has had to constantly retrench itself and give up more and more ground to logic and reason, atheism's turf has only grown larger on it's own without the need for tax free status.
If both are fantasies, then atheism is the much much much superior fantasy. It is a fantasy that has increased the average human life span by close to 3 fold, put men on the moon, built the computer you are using right now, and pays taxes.
There is vast difference between atheism and religion, if you do not see the difference then it is due to your own ignorance.
