
Spanish: 
¿Cómo deberíamos
responder a la frase
"Demanda más fe
el ser ateo"?
¿Has escuchado a los apologistas cristianos usar
esa frase, "Demanda más fe el ser ateo"?
La idea es que los ateos
hacen muchas más conjeturas
que las que tienen
que hacer los religiosos.
Como si aceptar
el Big Bang
y la evolución
fuera algo ilógico,
pero creer que Jesús resucitó
de entre los muertos tiene sentido,
a pesar de que toda la evidencia obtenida
apunta al Big Bang y a la evolución y,
hasta donde sé,
no hay evidencias de zombis.
Quien dice esto, también asume que
los ateos poseen todo el conocimiento.
Como si no creyéramos en Dios porque
buscamos en todas partes, y no lo encontramos.
Es una suposición tonta
por dos razones.
Primero, porque es una falacia.
Los ateos no andan diciendo:
"No hay Dios". Sabemos que
no tenemos la evidencia perfecta.
Estamos diciendo:
"Buscamos la evidencia
y no creemos que Dios existe".
Son dos cosas
muy diferentes.

English: 
How should we respond
to the phrase
"It takes more faith
to be an atheist?"
Have you ever heard Christian apologists use
that line, "It takes more faith to be an atheist?"
The thinking here is that atheists
are making bigger assumptions
than religious people
have to make.
As if accepting
the Big Bang
and evolution is
somehow fantastical,
but believing that Jesus rose
from the dead makes perfect sense,
even though all the evidence we've ever had
points to the Big Bang and evolution and,
as far as I know,
there's no evidence for zombies.
Anyone saying this also assumes
that atheists possess all knowledge.
As if we don't believe in God because
we looked everywhere and didn't find God.
But that's a silly assumption
to make for two reasons.
First, because it's a straw man.
I mean, pretty much every atheist is not saying:
"There is no God." We know we don't
have that sort of perfect evidence.
We're saying,
"We looked at the evidence
and we don't believe God exists."
And there is a difference
between those two.

Spanish: 
Y segundo,
no tienes que buscar por todos lados
para descartar una idea que es muy tonta.
Si me dices que hay un unicornio invisible
volando sobre mi cabeza ahora,
no necesito mirar a mi alrededor
para asegurarme de que ese sea el caso.
Termino de escucharte y digo:
"Eso suena a cosa de locos".
Es responsabilidad tuya
el probar tu idea tonta;
no es mi deber
descartarla.
Decir que no tienes
bastante fe para ser ateo
es otra forma de decir:
"Yo sí tengo suficiente fe para ser teísta".
¿Y sabes qué? Voltéale la tortilla
a quien te diga eso.
Pídele evidencias.
Pídele pruebas de que Dios existe.
No pueden dártelas.
Te contarán anécdotas. Citarán versículos
de la Biblia, como si eso les hiciera justicia.
Pero no es así.
No se necesita un acto de fe para descartar
a los otros dioses que hay por ahí:
Zeus, Alá, Tor. Nadie dice que se necesita
más fe para no creer en esos dioses.

English: 
And second,
you don't have to look everywhere
to dismiss a really silly idea.
You know, if you tell me there's an invisible
unicorn flying around my head right now,
I don't need to look around and
look up to make sure that's the case.
I can just hear you out and say:
"That sounds like a really crazy idea."
It's-- The onus is on you
to prove your silly idea;
not on me
to dismiss it.
Saying you don't have
enough faith to be an atheist
is just another way of saying,
"I do have enough faith to be a theist."
So, you know what? Turn the tables
on anyone who's saying that to you.
Ask them for the evidence.
Ask them to prove to you why God exist.
Because they can't do it.
They'll give you anecdotes. They'll point to
verses in the Bible, as if that does it justice.
But it really doesn't.
It doesn't take a leap of faith to dismiss
all the other gods that are out there:
Zeus, Allah, Thor. No one's saying it takes
more faith not to believe in those gods.

Spanish: 
Y finalmente, lo admito.
Hay cosas cuyas respuesta desconozco.
¿Sabes por qué existe algo
en lugar de la nada?
No tengo una
respuesta a eso,
pero al menos soy honesto.
No voy a inventar una respuesta
solo para responder
esa pregunta; solo para
satisfacer mi curiosidad.
Y ciertamente no voy a
cruzarme de brazos y decir:
"¡Fue Dios!"
como si eso
respondiera la pregunta.
Requiere mucha humildad,
y mucha sabiduría decir:
"No sé la respuesta. Tal vez
nunca la sepamos".
No se requiere tener fe
para decir eso. Solo ser honesto.
Mi nombre es Hemant Mehta y escribo
en FriendlyAtheist.com
Por favor, deja un comentario debajo,
y seguro lo veremos.

English: 
Finally, I'll admit. There are things
I don't know the answers to.
You know why is there
something instead of nothing?
I don't have
any answer to that.
But at least I'm honest about it.
I'm not gonna make up an answer
just to satisfy
that question; just to
satisfy my curiosity.
And I'm certainly not gonna
sit around and just say,
"God did it!"
as if that answers
the question.
I think there's a lot of humility involved,
and a lot of wisdom in just saying,
"I don't know the answer.
We may never know the answer."
But it's not like it takes faith for me
to say that. That's just being honest.
My name is Hemant Mehta and I write
at FriendlyAtheist.com
Please, leave a comment below
and we will be sure to check them out.
