UGH!!

I saw this on someone's Facebook profile, and this is exactly why atheism carries such negative stigma with it. People don't understand what it's all about and this is a perfect example!

"Atheism: the belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything, and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason whatsoever into replicating bits which then turned themselves into dinosaurs. Makes perfect sense."

How many things are wrong with this statement? Too many to list.

Atheism is not a belief system. You can't believe or not believe in something you don't think even exists. Atheism is a way of looking at the world that does not accept or need "God" to be the reason for why things are the way they are. That is not a belief. It requires no faith or mystery to accept. It is a simple fact.

And just to be clear, everyone is well aware that science does not have an answer to the question: "Why is there something rather than nothing?" We do not know where the matter came from that eventually exploded, forming the material that allows for life to exist. That does not mean that "God" is the answer to that question. THERE IS NO ANSWER AT THE PRESENT TIME. Perhaps one day we will find one. Until that day comes, some people will continue to happily make up stories to try and answer the question, and others will reconcile themselves to the FACT that there is no way to know.

I proudly count myself among the latter group.