Reply #63: I guess that can be a problem.

[VioletLake]

Not having an accurate label, that is.

My central point is that most atheists already answer "yes" to the first question (from the model). Accepting the validity of "why" is the point where theists and atheists meet. As long as the possibility exists that "no reason" is wrong, atheists should respect a thing that most people experience intuitively. I can understand the revulsion that atheists feel for what I called the logical integrity and cultural implementation of certain answers (primarily Christianity). And I believe that religion has no business in government and science. But I don't believe that erasing "magical" thinking is a particularly worthy or realistic endeavor.

I can probably make a pretty good case for "magical" thinking if push comes to shove.

If things were kept in their proper perspectives, there probably wouldn't be much of an issue.