(November 21, 2016 at 1:17 am)theologian Wrote:(November 21, 2016 at 12:02 am)Stimbo Wrote: Atheism doesn't "deny god". It is a specialised subset of scepticism and critical thinking; the position of not automatically accepting theistic claims. Why do so many theists have trouble with such a simple concept?
Is theism not under critical thinking too?
Correct. It is, or should be. Problem is, though, that such claims that are examined critically cannot stand up to it; while others are never given up for examination at all and indeed guarded against it. Mostly the claims are designed to be untestable.
(November 21, 2016 at 1:17 am)theologian Wrote: If atheists don't deny God, what does atheist does?
Nothing - we aren't required to. It's up to the theist to make a case and stump up evidence to support it. We simply do not hold the beliefs you do, that's all. As a male I am unable to carry and birth a baby - I simply do not have the necessary equipment; but that doesn't mean I spend all my time denying the existence of children.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
