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What is Atheism?

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RE: What is Atheism?

March 8, 2017 at 4:59 pm

(March 8, 2017 at 4:53 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: I do believe many atheist have had experiences with the numinous. So we agree on that. The next step is to interpret that experience. Being an atheist necessarily entails other beliefs needed to exclude one particular interpretation of the evidence. You need reasons to prefer the set of explanations that exclude the divine.

Yes.

It's called "understanding the null hypothesis".

"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

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