[Wadsworth]

(09-05-2013 12:51 PM)MikeCF Wrote:  

If he's guided by reason as opposed to being guided by dogma, then yes, he is intellectually superior.

(09-05-2013 12:13 PM)Samseau Wrote:  

On the topic of atheism "being the rational choice": Not even close.

Theists believe in a higher power that exists outside the detection of our five senses.

Atheists believe that nothing exists outside of our five senses.

No, atheists merely avoid building their worldview around a belief for which there is no evidence. You can make the argument that being limited to the world of reason and skepticism is limiting, and I would agree with you. But you cannot claim that atheism is not more rational than religion, it is more rational by definition. Rational means guided by reason, atheism is about being guided by reason. Religion is not guided by reason, it is guided by faith.