Atheists Insist on Absolute Answers, Fail to Accept Mystery & Awe in LifeAre Atheists Unwilling to Accept Mystery, the Limits of Human Reason in Life?
Myth: Atheists insist on answers, and if the answer appeals in any way to mystery, then the answer must be wrong. But practical human experience shows us that mystery is all around us, and that answers to even the simplest questions often cannot be found or must bow, at least somewhat, to mystery – not as a cop-out or a catch-all explanation, but as a humble acceptance of the limitations of human understanding and the possibility that the answers are more than we can know. Response: The claim that atheists are not humble enough to accept that there are limitations on human understanding, and that we may never get answers to all our questions, is basically the same as saying that atheists believe that nothing is beyond human knowledge. I’ve debunked that myth in detail already, but here we see the popular move to claim that religious theists demonstrate their humility — and superiority over atheists — by lab
