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RE: Does it make any sense to ask what is the case for atheism?
May 31, 2013 at 11:40 am
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Does it make any sense to ask what is the case for atheism?
May 31, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Just use the teapot theory for evidence. "Russell's teapot, sometimes called the celestial teapot or cosmic teapot, is an analogy first coined by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims rather than shifting the burden of proof to others, specifically in the case of religion. Russell wrote that if he claims that a teapot orbits the Sun somewhere in space between the Earth and Mars, it is nonsensical for him to expect others to believe him on the grounds that they cannot prove him wrong. Russell's teapot is still referred to in discussions concerning the existence of God."
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RE: Does it make any sense to ask what is the case for atheism?
May 31, 2013 at 3:05 pm
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2013 at 3:05 pm by Faith No More.)
(May 31, 2013 at 9:32 am)ideologue08 Wrote: You just gotta love it when atheists wank off to each other, it makes sense though....this is the place to do it! Happy fapping guys 
What does that say about you sitting around and watching? Filthy bastard...
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
