from about.com ; abit outdated... but i just paste it for u to
read and decide how good its point are
Atheism is a Denial of God That Requires Faith:
The most common misunderstanding about atheism is the definition.
Many insist that atheism is really the denial of the existence of
God, but there are two errors here. First, it pretends that atheism
is exclusively about their god, the god common to Christians, Jews,
and Muslims. Second, it focuses on a narrow sub-set of atheism and
atheists to the exclusion of all others. Standard dictionary
definitions list "denial of God or gods" second; first comes
"disbelief in god or Gods." Disbelief is not the same as denial,
it's either the absence of belief or the presence of skepticism.
Atheism is Not the Denial of God...
Atheists Choose to Disbelieve in God:
I frequently hear the claim that atheists choose atheism, usually
for some morally blameworthy reason like a desire to avoid taking
responsibility for their sins. My response is basically the same
every time: You may not believe me, but I didn't choose any such
thing, and I can't just 'choose' to start believing. Maybe you can,
but I can't. I do not believe in any gods. Evidence would make me
believe in some god, but all the playacting in the world isn't
going to change that. It's arguable, in fact, that no beliefs are
choices that people can simply change their minds about. Atheism is
Not a Choice or Act of Will...
What is a "Real" Atheist? How Do "Real" Atheists Behave?:
One effective means for critiquing a belief system and/or its
adherents is to point out significant contradictions between how
believers behave and the ideals they espouse. These contradictions
can suggest that they don't really believe what they say, that the
ideals aren't taken seriously, that the system teaches worse
things, etc. Atheists do this with religion frequently, but can
religious theists do it with atheism? They try by presuming to say
how "real" atheists would or would not behave. These arguments fail
because atheism isn't a philosophy that compels any particular
behavior. Who is a Real Atheist...
More People Have Been Killed in the Name of Atheism &
Secularism than Religion:
A common criticism raised by atheists against religion is how
violent religion and religious believers have been in the past.
People have slaughtered each other in large numbers because of
differences in religious beliefs or because of other differences
which are justified and intensified through religious rhetoric.
Either way, religion has a lot of blood on its hands. Can the same
be said for atheists and atheism? Haven't atheists killed more
people in the name of atheism than religious theists have killed in
the name of their religion? No: atheism isn't a philosophy or
ideology. Atheism Hasn't Killed Anyone...
Atheists Haven't Experienced the True God or True Religion:
Atheists have constructed many trenchant critiques of both religion
and theism over the years. Some of these critiques can be responded
to reasonably, but others are much more difficult to address in
anything like an adequate manner. Sometimes, it may be easier to
simply find a way to dismiss atheists entirely and thus avoid
having to address any of their critiques in the first place. Common
ways of doing this are to argue that atheists have never had any of
the relevant and necessary experiences to teach them about God and
religion. If they did, they would understand and believe. What Do
Atheists Know of God...
Do Atheists Have No Reason to be Moral? Are There No Atheistic
Moral Standards?:
For most religious theists, their religion and god provide the
basis for their entire understanding of morality and values.
Because of this, some find it inconceivable that atheists who
dont' believe in any gods and who have no religion could possibly
have a basis for morality or even understand what true moral
behavior really is. Many go further and argue that this is a good
reason to reject atheism, that it leads to immoral behavior, that
it cannot account for the existence of morality, etc. None of these
arguments hold up because they are based on false premises.
Atheists Can Be Moral...
Atheists Lead Meaningless Lives of Despair Without Love or
Beauty:
Some theists who cannot defend theism or criticize atheism through
logic or evidence are left attacking the alleged implications of
atheism. If they cannot prove that atheism unreasonable, they hope
to prove that the consequences of atheism are so abhorrent that no
one will want to take the chance. One popular target is to claim
that atheism leads to hopelessness and despair, that atheism makes
life meaningless, or that atheism eliminates reasons to be moral.
None of this is true, but even if it were that wouldn't make their
theism or religion more likely to be true. Atheists Don't Lead
Meaningful Lives...
Atheists Worship Satan, Themselves, Money, or Some Other God:
The claim that atheists replace worship of God with worship of
something else ranges over man possible objects for worship: Satan,
themselves, humanity, etc. In addition to being wrong, these myths
share the belief that worship is somehow fundamental to human
existence such that it simply isn't possible for a person to live a
decent life without worshipping something. This is false, though.
No matter how important religion or theism is to someone, this
isn't a good reason to conclude that they are also important to
everyone else, even those who deny having any god or religion.
Atheism Doesn't Involve Worship...
Atheism is a Product of Rebellion & Pride:
There are many myths about atheism and atheists which claim that
people are atheists due to some sort of rebellion (against god,
religion, church, families, fathers, etc.) or pride. These myths
come primarily from Christians whose religious mythology gives an
important place to rebellion against divine rules as the origin of
evil in the world (Satan is depicted as having rebelled against
God). At most, these myths might be true of some but not all or
even most atheists; even if true, however, none of these myths
would have any implications for the truth or reasonableness of
atheism itself. Atheism Isn't Rebellion...
