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What is your strongest reason for believing atheism is true?
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RE: What is your strongest reason for believing atheism is true?
(December 28, 2013 at 4:49 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: But if your unaware then you can't correct them.

There are plenty of beliefs i have which would not stand logical scrutiny. Indeed i suspect that is true for all of us. I think it's a greater sin to twist logic to try to make it fit than to simply admit that you don't want to / can't make it fit.

Well, that's why we debate: other perspectives allow us to see the extent to which our beliefs are true, and the extent to which they're wishful thinking on our part. That's what learning is all about; we all fall victim to cognitive biases and dissonance, the best we can hope for is to strip away as much of it as possible. When you're aware of the potential weakness of your position, but won't do anything to change it, you've effectively sealed yourself off from ever improving or growing on that point. At least the person twisting logic to fit their own desires is still within the realm of logic at all.
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RE: What is your strongest reason for believing atheism is true? - by Esquilax - December 28, 2013 at 4:59 am

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