(January 30, 2016 at 2:53 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(January 30, 2016 at 2:49 pm)Cecelia Wrote: Let's take a look at everything Mr. Storm says:
And here already we have something that calls into question if Howard Storm was really an Atheist. Not just a 'strong' atheist mind you. But an Atheist at all. He's basing his 'absolute certainty' of there being nothing in the afterlife on an appeal to experts. A logical fallacy. "that's how really smart people understood it." That's not an atheist. None of us stopped believing because some 'really smart people' thought that way. This reeks of a theist who doesn't understand why atheists don't believe.
Eh, I'm sure each atheist is different, since there is no "atheist dogma." If he felt really smart for being an atheist, I don't see how that means he wasn't really an atheist.
Ya, that's not what he said, he said he thought there was no afterlife because that's how really smart people thought. This raises a big flag and its not true there have been plenty of really smart people who believed in an afterlife. His story is full of stereotypes that you see quite often from a theist who tries and speak from an atheists point of view. I don't know whether he was truly an atheist or not and honestly it doesn't matter, the "I used to be an atheist" card does not lend any more credibility, than "I used to be a bus driver", it is merely used to re-enforce the beliefs of the believers.
