RE: Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do?
March 18, 2016 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2016 at 8:47 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 18, 2016 at 4:10 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: As a believer I still like to follow the musings of the "opposition". Occasionally I find positions with which I agree. Even before reading this article, I adopted a signature mocking the idea that atheism is simply a lack of belief. I have posted this link as an invitation to discuss the points raised by the author who just so happens to be an atheist:
https://philosophersgroan.wordpress.com/...we-can-do/
I really don't think care about what you think is "the best". You haven't convinced me that your opinion is worth more than a grain or two of salt, and I'm certainly not going to kowtow to your predilections in order to garner your approval.
Put another way, is an imaginary friend rescuing your ass from an imaginary demon the best you can do?
When you understand why you don't care about my opinion, you'll understand why I think yours is ridiculous too. But I doubt you'll get there. You don't strike me as terribly thoughtful.
As to whether atheism is a trivial position, perhaps it is. But tell me, is your rejection of unicorns important to your worldview? My atheism is to me trivial because to me, your little god is trivial, a blip on the radar of human superstition.