Darren New wrote:
> 
> Here's a thought. I wonder what atheists would say to the question:
> 
> "Do you believe that if there is life elsewhere in the universe, it 
> might have been designed by a higher intelligence?"

As an atheist: Sure, might have been.

> 
> Given how many atheists say things like "I don't believe in God because 
> there's just no evidence in favor", I wonder how many people would 
> answer which way.

The clearest "explanation" I can give for atheism is this: an atheist 
hasn't started with the assumption that God exists. He has instead 
examined the accounts of his (and perhaps other's) culture's predominant 
gods and found the accounts unconvincing.

When I was a kid, and not an atheist, I did start with the assumption 
that God exists. I concluded, based on this assumption, that any parts 
of the Bible which couldn't be historically accurate *must* have been 
parables or mistakes made by the human authors through whom God was 
working. It was only after I realized I was putting the cart before the 
horse that I examined the Bible as I would an account of any other event.

It's very easy to find evidence for what you already believe in, be that 
aliens, ghosts, reincarnation, or "lost" people living underground.

  -Shay

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