RE: Proof for being an atheist
October 21, 2015 at 7:38 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2015 at 7:39 am by Cyberman.)
(October 20, 2015 at 11:30 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Atheism will go away, eventually. However, your special pleading is that Atheists are the only rational ones who accept proofs while other humans it doesn't matter if they do or not. You have to show why Atheists hold this unique status as sincere to the truth that other humans don't. Otherwise, it is special pleading.
No, I don't have to show that because it's not at all what I said.
Since the world is divided - not even remotely equally - between atheists and theists, and since theists are already convinced of the existence of their pet god, they're not the demographic likely to be surprised if the character shows up. And since having one or more gods show up and be proven to be such would be overwhelming and indisputable, holding a position of atheism at that point would be silly. Are we in agreement?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
