(October 20, 2015 at 7:15 am)Pandæmonium Wrote:(October 18, 2015 at 8:24 pm)Delicate Wrote: I don't hold that atheism requires one to reject absolute truth. At least I'm not convinced of that yet.
I just know it's fashionable in some skeptical circles to reject the notion of absolute truth. Looking at some of the comments in this thread, it's obvious there are some who aren't happy about it.
The above is a strawman.
"Fashionable" to reject absolute truth? You think this is a matter of aesthetics? No, it's a failure of the proponent of a claim (i.e. you) to produce something worthy of consideration.
I'm not convinced by unargued assertions like the above. You certainly haven't demonstrated any claim of mine unworthy of consideration, after all.
Rather, it might just be that my framing of the issue triggered a defense mechanism in you (and other atheists), who instinctively sought out a way to "escape" absolute truths. This would explain why there's so much resistance in this thread to a view that doesn't exactly threaten one's atheism.
