(October 17, 2016 at 8:49 pm)Soldat Du Christ Wrote: Alright self-proclaimed athiests, this is where your integrity is put into question. As some of you will so valiantly declair nuetrality, the default position being a lack of belief in god, rather than being closed off to the possibility.
Taking that stance will leave you inlcined to be open to the supernatural, as the very idea of God implies supernatural. This isn't a 'GOTCHA' question, i have a following proposition.
So, are you open to supernatural evidence?
This is a 'GOTCHA' question though. You are trying to pin us down on a singular position. The supernatural doesn't have anything to do with atheism unless it is the question of a god. Many of us are skeptics, though, and that has plenty to do with the supernatural.
That is why I will not accept supernatural claims until you present the evidence. This does not mean I am not 'open to the supernatural'. I am willing to be convinced if there is enough reason. So far there is none that I am aware of.
Now with that being said, there are atheists who are not skeptics. Would you like me to find you some atheists who do accept some supernatural claims? I can certainly find some. I even know of at least one on this forum.
I don't believe you. Get over it.