"Back to the original question, I think this is an issue on which atheists hold a poor position."
With respect,it is not. There is an "atheist position" on one and only issue.Viz a shared disbelief in god(s), period.
I have never argued that believers rare deluded or that there is in fact anything wrong with people of faith in principle.
My own formal studies of a range of belief systems from major religions to some tribal systems led me to conclude that religious/ spiritual beliefs tend to have their own internal logic and are completely rational within context. This is pretty much the consensus in anthropology as discipline. Of course that doesn't mean it's right necessarily,only that I accept the proposition..
With respect,it is not. There is an "atheist position" on one and only issue.Viz a shared disbelief in god(s), period.
I have never argued that believers rare deluded or that there is in fact anything wrong with people of faith in principle.
My own formal studies of a range of belief systems from major religions to some tribal systems led me to conclude that religious/ spiritual beliefs tend to have their own internal logic and are completely rational within context. This is pretty much the consensus in anthropology as discipline. Of course that doesn't mean it's right necessarily,only that I accept the proposition..
