Re: How does someone become an atheist?
why must a person that says they cannot see, feel, nor perceive 'X' in any manner
Because that's a criteria restricted to natural phenomena. It's absurd to apply any kind of scientific reasoning to God, as God by definition falls outside of natural causality, on which such reasoning predicates itself. It also presumes that God's presence should be knowable outside of any kind of historical event. Why is this a valid presumption?
Exists or does not. That is the extent of your choices, and the two form a duality. So, if proof is the game we want to play, it applies both ways.
The concept of God is no mere X...
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and i'm sorry, but i'm not clear on what you mean when you say, "those who care not either way."
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Agnostics in the true sense of the word, who just don't commit either way.