Atheists have had great success in rubbishing the concept of a First Cause, i.e. God, as the prime mover and shaker of all of Creation.
Science simply says, "We don't know, but one day we will."
Sorry folks, that is simply not good enough when eternity is at stake.
So the question is, should not atheists seriously consider the possibility of God and adjust accordingly?
I don't have a problem with anyone believing whatever they want ... What riles me is statements like ... "should not atheists seriously consider the possibility of God and adjust accordingly?" ...
Why should they, their disbelief is as valid as your believing, surely?
Exactly right Naz, atheists are far more likely to have done a lot more thinking about this subject then theists, most of whom have probably just accepted whatever they were told when they were children without any analysis at all (couldn't resist a generalisation).
tigerlelly, you're not alone. Unlike some of us non-believers, most religious people are content to believe without question what they're taught so I imagine most people in the church (or the mosque or the synagogue) have never heard of her. Her name was Asherah. If you google, you'll find quite a bit of information about her.
Current scientific thinking suggests that it might all disperse into something incredibly diffuse that it might as well be nothing. If this is the truth it doesn't actually matter. The rational get on with life and make the most of the remarkable opportunity in front of us.
Meanwhile the gullible squander the real deal in anticipation of a illusion of eternity based on a stone age contrivance that is not even self consistent.