RE: Is it logical for a Theological Noncognitivist to identify as an atheist?
September 1, 2015 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2015 at 1:33 pm by robvalue.)
Yeah I'm ignostic, which is pretty much the same thing I believe.
It seems there is some debate, but I'd say we are still atheists. Being atheist isn't about taking a position, it's about not taking a position. And you can't take the position to believe in something if you don't understand what it is.
I mean, I lack a belief in loads of weird things that I've never heard of. What are they? I don't know, I've never heard of them. But I don't believe in them, so I'm a-weirdstuff.
Once a claim is made meaningful, only then can we actually believe in it at all. We may have believed in such a thing before then had it been explained properly, or even believed in it under a different name. (God is the universe, blah blah.)
It seems there is some debate, but I'd say we are still atheists. Being atheist isn't about taking a position, it's about not taking a position. And you can't take the position to believe in something if you don't understand what it is.
I mean, I lack a belief in loads of weird things that I've never heard of. What are they? I don't know, I've never heard of them. But I don't believe in them, so I'm a-weirdstuff.
Once a claim is made meaningful, only then can we actually believe in it at all. We may have believed in such a thing before then had it been explained properly, or even believed in it under a different name. (God is the universe, blah blah.)
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