(June 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Well I would not call this nit picking FNM, you are trying to get at the heart of the matter and I appreciate it. Well I feel this is a bit different than a person having gaps in their scientific understanding. It is far more serious than that, it appears the atheist has gaps in their very epistemological foundation, which is not a good thing at all. It violates the principle of sufficient reason just to say, “Well I cannot justify my assumptions in my worldview but I use them anyways.” Christians are always criticized when they use this sort of reasoning, why would it be ok for atheists to use it with their very foundations? If you can’t give a justification for the laws of logic given your worldview, then why use them? Thanks for actually taking part in the discussion!
Actually, I would argue that an atheist's epistemological foundation is more honest than a theist's, because we are willing to say we don't know, rather than leap to the conclusion God must somehow be involved. That's besides the point, because again you are missing my main argument. The only justification I need to make being an atheist is my disbelief in God.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
