RE: How to be an Atheist?
January 24, 2016 at 12:59 am
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2016 at 1:00 am by Excited Penguin.)
(January 24, 2016 at 12:46 am)Whateverist the White Wrote:(January 23, 2016 at 10:21 pm)mediocrates Wrote: Atheism isn't something you can try on like a pair of shoes or lederhosen. You can't just say "I think I'll stop believing for a while an see if it's for me."
You either believe or you don't and there isn't a choice to be made. Once new information is available the status of a belief can change; but, not because you choose to let it.
This kind of puts belief in the category of falling in love. There is mature love which isn't gaga and I suspect the same can be true of belief.
I might be wrong but I think the most intense kinds of love can't lost very long. Not to mention, I think the sort of extreme romantic love I'm talking about is made up of a plethora of strong illusions that sustain it. That doesn't necessarily take away from "mature love" but it's not exactly the same thing, either, so it's not a surprise that it can often be so unshakeable.
