Why you don't need God

[Special K]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqibqD4fJZs

Video on Steven Fry talking about being an atheist (or "humanist" as he calls himself). Watch it from 5:00 since its not really so relevant at the start.

I particularly like the points he makes about the flaws of monotheism.

[Anima Libera]

is there a scientific proof that such an entity does not exist?

And please cmon, I mean one could make as stronger philosophical case of theism than atheism

There is no proof such an entity not existing, but certainly there exists no evidence, no valid reason, that deities exist. Especially that God's are inconsistent with what we know about the universe, the laws of physics, and contradict with our understanding of the universe. Thus, making it very unlikely that God's exist. Same can be applied to unicorns, no evidence for them nor against them, but the fact that they're very inconsistent and contridict with facts of the world and reason, it makes them seem unlikely to exist. They could exist, but it seems very unlikely.

[Anima Libera]

Opera is a dumb nigger. Richard Dawkins, who is way smarter, promotes the awe and wonder that science can give us about the world and he is a famous proponent of Atheism and an eminent scientist . You can be an atheist and have that awe and wonder via Science unless you think Science is a religion which I don't.

“The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver. It is truly one of the things that make life worth living and it does so, if anything, more effectively if it convinces us that the time we have for living is quite finite.”

― Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Jesus, so many smart people here but yet believe in something like god and religion.

That's just like believing in fairy tales and unicorns and you're an intellectual. That's extreme delusion.