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So in order: the argument is quite valid. If we are going into a place of pure logic, like what was done with the original Prime Mover argument, there was no logical proof that a prime mover needs to exist instead of an infinite number of movers, for example. It all relied on an assumption that...

I should also note that I wasn't trying to say I was against rational logic either. It is actually ideal in my book, and much better than experimental evidence if everything actually follows and the assumptions are correct. But it's also completely impractical for almost everything, so I am very...

First, there's plenty of empirical evidence for other minds existing, like scans of brains that show that thought occurs there, that people consistently act like real people, etc. That's all a lot of empirical evidence, each bit of which means that either the null hypothesis (solipsism) is even...

No, it's just my definition of prove here isn't the mathematical "I know this is true beyond any possible doubt", but a more scientific "I have repeated evidence through my senses and observations that this thing exists". I'll apply the relevant scrutiny to the relative method of proof that...

No. I'm quite fine accepting that there are other people and what I observe is real. But I don't see any strong evidence for god. Now if someone can convince me otherwise, that would be nice, but until then I'll be the doubting Thomas.

I'm not sure I can buy this, But for sake of discussion, say that I do. I do want you to clarify what you mean by this though. Do you mean the physical universe, or something else? Also, I am very stuck on the leaving of Scientism, as you call it. The issue is that I don't know that I can leave...

I get that some people can do this. And I somewhat respect it. But I cannot. I've given it a go, and I just feel like I'm lying to myself, and if there is a god, then I'd be lying to that god as well. Hence why I am an atheist. Maybe this changes and I start believing. I doubt this will happen...

Sure, I'm open to that. I can get nitpicky about these things (I'm a mathematician by training), and I seem utterly unable to make the faith jump, so fair warning, but I do hope you succeed, if that makes any sense.

I'm an atheist because I seem fundamentally incapable of believing in something I cannot prove exists. I'm not insisting there is no god, more saying I have seen no evidence for one, and thus by Occam, I disbelieve. This is totally up to change if someone can convince me (I think @LordsFire...