# Poll: Is Atheism Logical? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504 "2004-10-16T01:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/21 "2004-10-16T03:37:13Z")
Like Molly, I say yes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/22 "2004-10-16T03:42:07Z")
It depends \*\*why \*\*the person is an atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/23 "2004-10-16T03:52:21Z")
Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/24 "2004-10-16T03:56:18Z")
Sure ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/25 "2004-10-16T04:01:10Z")
As logical as the alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/26 "2004-10-16T04:07:01Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/27 "2004-10-16T04:08:39Z")
Not if “God” includes the possibility of punishment for being an atheist… ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/28 "2004-10-16T04:17:03Z")
Of course. “Logical” does not necessarily equal correct, but absolutely logical, yes. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/29 "2004-10-16T04:21:48Z")
At least as much as anything else. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/30 "2004-10-16T04:25:01Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/31 "2004-10-16T04:27:13Z")
It’s absolutely logical, just as faith is an absolutely logical way to explain the inexplicable. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/32 "2004-10-16T04:39:21Z")
Yes, it’s logical in the sense that there’s nothing inherently illogical about it. However, you cannot _prove_ by logic that atheists are correct. But you also certainly can’t prove by logic that any religion is correct. Some seem (to me) almost to go against logic, but people’s basic assumptions vary so much that this is pretty much impossible to prove as well. ---
**Author:** ![TheVincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TheVincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVincent)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/33 "2004-10-16T04:52:21Z")
You know it. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/34 "2004-10-16T04:58:03Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/35 "2004-10-16T05:02:53Z")
No and Yes. A theist must _believe_ that god does not exist just as an athiest must _believe_ that god does not exist. This is simply the nature of what we speak of. Atheists do have their one rebuttal, however, which is the inherent contradiction in religion being, “If the theistic god is perfect goodness, how can there be so much evil?” Drag it out as long as you like. There is no good answer to this. That said, if anything it only discredits a theistic god, but does not speak of non-theistic gods. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/36 "2004-10-16T05:39:19Z")
It’s certainly a lot more logical than the nonsense that my fundamentalist parents believe. If they turn out to be right, then God must be if one fucked up mofo, and I don’t want anything to do with him. If he sends me to the fiery pit for all eternity for feeling that way, then I think I’ve proved my point. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/37 "2004-10-16T05:43:45Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/38 "2004-10-16T05:44:22Z")
Yes. **Alterego** : wrong 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/39 "2004-10-16T05:49:01Z")
Yup. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/40 "2004-10-16T05:49:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yes. > > **Alterego** : wrong 😉 Whoops I did put an extra ‘not’ in there didn’t I. Just amusing the agnostics that all 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504.md?page=3)