Hello Peter, of course atheism doesn’t associate faith with weakness, but there certainly are a lot of atheists who do. While there are many who offer their thoughts in a respectful and thoughtful way, many, including a considerable number writing on Medium, do not show that respect or thoughtfulness. A prominent example on Medium is Benjamin Cain. I am responding to what I see communicated frequently (more in the past than more recently) that atheists have science and rationality on their side and theists don’t. I disagree with that position.

The faith in science to answer all the questions in what philosopher Karl Popper called promissory materialism. But, what happens if not everything is explainable by science? Minds, for example. What if the reality of minds evades science? Life itself? What if seeking a natural process of going from non-life to life is the contemporary version of alchemy. Something those in the future will look back on and say why did they expend so much time, money and effort on something that is so obviously impossible. I’m not saying that will happen. But, I am saying you have to have a religious type of faith to believe it is impossible to happen.