Atheists... why is it that you always rely on logic, reason and empiricism to figure things out?

Question

What about spiritual instinct and faith?

Answer 1

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Answer 2

There is a lot of evidence that logic, reason, and empiricism actually work well. Spiritual instinct and faith don't have a very good track record. If everyone had always just went by spiritual instinct and faith, you can bet that you wouldn't have a computer to type this question with. Spiritual instinct and faith will never enable you to make any sort of technological progress. They probably won't help much with any other sort of progress either.

Answer 3

What if I had a strong spiritual instinct that there was a giant 5.32 ton 6.23 million year old gold record of the beatles white album hiding behind proxima centauri? (closest star)
What if I told you that myself and 5 million other people had faith in its existence? That we had a book about the giant holy LP That explained all things including the creation and the promise of continuing life in paradise after your earthly demise, given that you follow a few archaic and arbitrary rules?
Besides, what do you have to lose if you don't follow the rules? My giant golden disc of a god says that if you don't follow his rules, you will forever burn in the torment of eternal hellfire. (but he loves you) --doesn't it seem like a better idea to believe than to deny?
Would you rely on your logic, reason and empiricism to figure out if I was right, or would you respect my spiritual instinct and faith and think to yourself "you know, maybe he's right"?

Answer 4

I can have all the faith I want that a bullet wont hurt me and it still wont stop it from taking my head off. In life you need a balance of both faith and reason. If you have no faith then you are left with only reason or animal instinct to make decisions on. Inversely, a person with faith and no reason are equally likely to make a terminal mistake. Balance is a good thing to have in life.

Answer 5

Atheist don't always rely on logic or reason or much of anything else for that matter. They are deceived and believe a lie. For example, evolution is a lie. It isn't even a good theory—it is just a pagan religion masquerading as science.

If Atheists were to really use logic and reason they would indeed come to the same conclusion as the Christian.

Ask an Atheist to use evolution to answer these questions. Only the Christian with logical answers can do so.
Where did the space for the universe come from? Where did matter come from? Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)? How did matter get so perfectly organized? Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing? When, where, why, and how did life come from non-living matter?

It's time to see them for what they really are. Poor misguided souls who have swallowed every lie told and taught to them.

Answer 6

Why do you assume that instinct and faith never play a part? I have faith that I will wake up every morning- one of these days, I'm likely to be quite wrong about that.

I've often relied upon my gut instincts to keep me out of trouble - if the situation feels "off" or "wrong" I leave as soon as possible. And I've learned the hard way that rely upon thw gut instinct.

What otherwise is wrong with using logic, reason and deductive thought?

Don't generalize.

Answer 7

How is faith any more reliable than a roll of the dice??

Religious faith is detrimental & totally without redeeming value. It is not a valid epistemological procedure & should not be regarded as a trustworthy method of ascertaining the truth value in any claim or concept. Faith allows for baseless dogmatic certainty in the absence of & sometimes in spite of justification & reason.

I'll take rationality and logic over faith any day.

Answer 8

because my observations and experiences of the world have led me to believe logic and reasoning are better for understanding - and dealing with - the world around us than spirituality and faith.

In other words, logic and reasoning make more sense to me.

Answer 9

Spiritual instinct and faith are the equivalent of driving down the highway with a blindfold on.. Not a good choice..

Answer 10

Spiritual instinct; fine. Faith; no good. Why would anyone use superstition over logic and reason? Why would anyone have faith in moronic crap like that which religion espouses?

Answer 11

I see no reason to have self assurance religious writings are something yet stuff written by using people. and prefer something written by using people, that's everywhere from generally real to generally rubbish. study it and notice if there is a few which potential there and discard the rest. Separate the wheat from the chaff. i'm an agnostic by using the way. i've got not got self assurance in absolute actuality, like the shown fact that there is no God.