Athiesm is as much a figment of your imagination as theism is. We cannot say there isn't a higher power. But at the same time we cannot say there is. WE DON'T KNOW. You can disprove most ideas of religion because they are bogus. But don't think about a higher power in the form of god. But as something we can never imagine. Something too superior for us to understand. I'm not saying I believe, I just don't think its right to put down religions. Especially when you dismiss their ideas as fantasies, and insult them. They are only doing what they think is right. So let them believe. Show the world through example that its better to say you don't know rather than assume you know. Make yourself a better man, and only when they respect you will they start to listen. Then you can change something, insults and anger aren't the way anymore. We are past that. It is time to start accepting people for what they are, and let them do whatever they want to do, as long as they don't assault on anyone else's beliefs.
You said it there that we have yet to discover why we are here. So don't put down a religion until we have the answers. Cause there is a chance, however big or small it may be, that they are right. There very well could be a higher power. Maybe not one they imagined, but one nonetheless.
I say show the world by example.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle.
As to our origins; isn’t that a matter for science to resolve?
You said it there that we have yet to discover why we are here. So don't put down a religion until we have the answers. Cause there is a chance, however big or small it may be, that they are right. There very well could be a higher power. Maybe not one they imagined, but one nonetheless.
I say show the world by example.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle.