(May 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm)Boreasos Wrote: Of course you are as entitled to ridicule the ridiculous as anyone else.
I'm not really talking about "entitlement" or "rights", but whether it is morally right to ridicule someone you believe to be ridiculous.
Quote:I am an atheist, as are many on this board, but it's a very broad term. Some atheists just don't believe, others actively oppose theism (closer to anti theist) and others occupy the entire spectrum in between. Being a critical atheist means I go a step further than a simple lack of belief, but not quite as far as to openly and actively opposing theism. I find that theism, or the belief in a god/gods is irrational (as there is no evidence to support the notion) and should ideally be rejected by all, though I freely admit that the existence of a god/gods isn't impossible.
Thank you for a very clear explanation of your view. I am a bit puzzled as to why you choose the word "critical" to describe it, but that is neither here nor there. Why do you think that theism is irrational, and what is "irrationality" on your view (is it a normative standard of right-thinking that all humans are held to, for example?)? And given that you believe it to be an irrational belief (and obviously one that is widely held) why do you not actively oppose it?
