Atheists: What admittedly irrational stuff do you still believe in?

Answer 1

My vote counts.
I'm only slightly over-weight.
Caffiene isn't really bad for me.
My employer knows what they are doing and my job is fairly safe.

Answer 2

Honestly? I'm agnostic but I think that some atheists assume they can distinguish reliable sources of information from unreliable sources.

That is usually temporary though. Most atheists tend to be self-correcting, once material evidence is proven. That is the good thing about the scientific method... it is not a static belief. It evolves with the presence of new evidence.

You're going to have a tough time deciding best answer, as there are many good ones!

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Answer 3

I would say there is only one thing that I come close to believing that could be called irrational:

A positive attitude will bring positive results.

Some people call this the Law Of Attraction, and say that it's sort of "supernatural". I don't see it that way. But I do believe it does work.

Answer 4

i've got considered jungle e book and that snake had a speech impediment. and you in user-friendly terms ought to examine those eyes, that is glaring the speaking snake is on LSD. Donkey in Shrek is basically Eddie Murphy in a foul healthy. who're they attempting to youngster? Evolution does not paintings like that! i'm off to seek for the hippocrocodillapig, i'm instructed they carry close around bars waiting to %. up unsuspecting drunken youthful adult men.

Answer 5

i think that it would be that deep down there is some universal goodness to human nature, something i hold onto on some level, like that there can be such a thing as love between two unrelated people, or that there is a good in us that overrides our basic animal selfish instincts, i would like to think this is a real situation , but my logic keeps saying that it is irrational

Answer 6

I believe that I can fly to Treasure Island with Peter Pan dear.

Answer 7

I believe that my dog and cat love me.

I believe that democracy has a self-correcting mechanism, so long as there is a court to limit the pendulum swings of the electorate.

I believe that MOST religious people harbor enough doubt not to swallow the entire dogma of their religion.

I believe I can lose 20 pounds.

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Answer 8

Firstly, Atheists do not believe in irrationality. We believe in being rational and live in reality instead of being slaves to religion dogma and superstition. Religion and god believers are the irrational hocus-pocus believers who think they are all going to a heaven, but that heaven can hold only 144 thousand praying idiots.
Truth

Answer 9

~~~ JK ,,, The hope that all religious myths will be rendered obsolete by Covert Visitations of ETs and they will give us the final boost we need to become "One People United" and be regarded first as Humans or Earthers rather by Ethnic or National Labels,,,,, in my lifetime. ~ Namaste`

Answer 10

I honestly believe that Barack Obama, a politician, could change somethings.

Answer 11

I still irrationally believe that the human race might be able to throw off the chains of ignorance, hatred, and fear.

Call me an optimist agnostic!

'The glass (which may or may not exist) is half full!!!'