RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 11, 2018 at 9:07 am
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2018 at 9:14 am by Nakara.)
-sigh- thought my marbles analogy was simple enough. I prolly didn't use it well. I'm not exactly the best at explaining things.
To claim there's an even number of marbles is akin to making a positive claim that "there is a god or gods." The evenmarbleists represent theists. The 420 guy represents the claim that "there is a god or gods, and it's THIS god or gods in particular," basically specific religions like Christianity, or Islam.
To claim there's an odd number would be a positive "there is no god" claim. (My mistake on not mentioning this part)
A person making such a claim would be an atheist. As would a person who took the more neutral position of only not believing (or even knowing about) the claim(s) made by theists (aka taking neither the even or odd number of marbles side).
The only reason I brought up this analogy was to hopefully better explain the atheist position. There is no set doctrine or anything like that that all atheists. There are even varying levels of atheism. The only thing we have in common is a disbelief in a god or gods.
To claim there's an even number of marbles is akin to making a positive claim that "there is a god or gods." The evenmarbleists represent theists. The 420 guy represents the claim that "there is a god or gods, and it's THIS god or gods in particular," basically specific religions like Christianity, or Islam.
To claim there's an odd number would be a positive "there is no god" claim. (My mistake on not mentioning this part)
A person making such a claim would be an atheist. As would a person who took the more neutral position of only not believing (or even knowing about) the claim(s) made by theists (aka taking neither the even or odd number of marbles side).
The only reason I brought up this analogy was to hopefully better explain the atheist position. There is no set doctrine or anything like that that all atheists. There are even varying levels of atheism. The only thing we have in common is a disbelief in a god or gods.
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