RE: The argument against God
January 19, 2009 at 4:21 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2009 at 4:23 pm by DD_8630.)
(January 19, 2009 at 3:59 pm)dagda Wrote: 'Nothing, since there is no such "atheistical [sic] perception".'Guh... no. Scepticism is a stance, one where you don't blindly believe every claim that comes your way, where you say "Well, prove it".
I would say skepticism is still a perception. What we percive effects the reality we live in. Reality is perception hence unless you are seperate from reality, you will have a perception.
And it should go without saying that reality isn't a perspective either, and nor does our perception affect the reality.
What is, is. What isn't, isn't. What we see is irrelevant to that.
(January 19, 2009 at 3:59 pm)dagda Wrote: I don't think atheism is much of a philosophy if it can not promote itself without giving the negitive of another philosophy. Why are you atheist?Because there's no reason to be anything but an atheist. If there is no evidence for or against the existence of something, logic dictates that we make no claims as to its existence of non-existence.
The real question is, why believe something exists if there is no evidence for it?
(January 19, 2009 at 2:20 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: I stand corrected.Knowledge is a subset of belief, true dat :p
But then again if he knows deities exist, he probably believes that too.
"I am a scientist... when I find evidence that my theories are wrong, it is as exciting as if the evidence proved them right." - Stargate: SG1
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin