(May 6, 2014 at 8:44 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(May 6, 2014 at 6:07 am)Chas Wrote: Actual atheism says that religious beliefs are unsupported by any evidence and are not accepted as true.Sorry to be pedantic here Chas but the bit I emboldened is irrelevant to atheism: it doesn't matter why you're atheistic, only that there's an absence of theism. It might be that you don't believe in god/s because Alfred, your invisible talking platypus, whispers things in your ear. The reasons why are strictly down to your individual belief/value systems.
Possibly, but I am referring to people who actually think and trying to counter Hanging Chad's repeated mistakes.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.