It's difficult to nail atheism down to a cut and dried definition because what people believe doesn't always match a bill of goods.
I have to qualify my vote.
When it comes to the named gods (Allah, Yahweh, etc.) I proactively believe they don't exist. And I don't believe that a deity whose recorded deeds don't match up with science and history is unfalsifiable.
But when it comes to whether some unidentified god exists out there, I agree with Iggy.
I have to qualify my vote.
When it comes to the named gods (Allah, Yahweh, etc.) I proactively believe they don't exist. And I don't believe that a deity whose recorded deeds don't match up with science and history is unfalsifiable.
But when it comes to whether some unidentified god exists out there, I agree with Iggy.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
