# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/61 "2004-10-16T15:09:51Z")
You betcha! ;j ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/62 "2004-10-16T15:24:00Z")
> [@DesertGeezer](#): > > Atheism is not logical. Neither is theism. The only truly logical stand is agnosticism, which says, “I don’t know.” After a very long discussion, many moons ago here on the SDMB, I concluded that regular (soft) atheism = agnosticism. Hard atheism is the one that is not logical. So yes, atheism is logical. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/63 "2004-10-16T16:23:03Z")
The question is ill-posed. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/64 "2004-10-16T17:02:28Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/65 "2004-10-16T17:44:13Z")
Makes perfect sense to me. Although I’m a bit worried about those theories that the eye (and certain types of bird) proves evolution was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/66 "2004-10-16T17:55:24Z")
**Lobsang** , those theories are fallacious. Read _The Panda’s Thumb_ by Stephen Jay Gould. For me, atheism is logical, given a) the proliferation of contradictory religions, b) the lack of evidence, c) that we’re just another animal in a long evolutionary line of non-religious animals; we just happen to be sentient. That said, the theories relating to quantum physics and the origin of the universe also appear way-out, but at least they are subject to change and desirous of evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/67 "2004-10-16T18:00:16Z")
You won’t hear the pope saying “I was wrong” like Hawking did recently. **jjimm** I’ll look out for that book. And I think I’ll pick up Origin of Species again. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/68 "2004-10-16T21:41:11Z")
Moo. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/69 "2004-10-16T22:44:05Z")
Yes. Heh. Just now, before I opened this thread, it had 666 views. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/70 "2004-10-16T23:07:57Z")
Of course it is. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504/71 "2004-10-16T23:08:55Z")
At the risk of going against the herd and being ostracized, I’m gonna have to say “yes”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-atheism-logical/269504.md?page=3)