RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 6, 2018 at 1:03 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2018 at 2:11 pm by LadyForCamus.)
Just an observation on the theist comments thus far:
Several of our friends have mentioned sowing the seeds and spreading the word as a reason for being here. Is there a disconnect between between what our resident theists understand of atheism, and what their end goal is? In other words, I don’t often see resident theists offering up reasons or arguments for why we should believe Christianity (or Islam) is true. We see arguments ‘in support of’ from folks like Steve and RR, but they aren’t proffered as reasons for atheists to believe. If our theists think there are logical reasons for believing I wound expect more of an effort from them to persuade us. On the other hand, if their position is that atheism absolutely requires faith for belief and cannot be reasoned to, then I wonder what path they can see (if any), to seed sowing, knowing that most of us are rational skeptics. I would be interested in hearing thoughts from individuals on this. Maybe I’ll turn these questions into a follow-up thread once the theist debate has wrapped up.
Edit: Thanks to Vulc for correcting me on my misspelling! 😛
Several of our friends have mentioned sowing the seeds and spreading the word as a reason for being here. Is there a disconnect between between what our resident theists understand of atheism, and what their end goal is? In other words, I don’t often see resident theists offering up reasons or arguments for why we should believe Christianity (or Islam) is true. We see arguments ‘in support of’ from folks like Steve and RR, but they aren’t proffered as reasons for atheists to believe. If our theists think there are logical reasons for believing I wound expect more of an effort from them to persuade us. On the other hand, if their position is that atheism absolutely requires faith for belief and cannot be reasoned to, then I wonder what path they can see (if any), to seed sowing, knowing that most of us are rational skeptics. I would be interested in hearing thoughts from individuals on this. Maybe I’ll turn these questions into a follow-up thread once the theist debate has wrapped up.
Edit: Thanks to Vulc for correcting me on my misspelling! 😛
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