RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 15, 2017 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2017 at 7:24 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 15, 2017 at 10:18 am)PETE_ROSE Wrote: For this thread let us lump all denominations of atheism, agnosticism, and soft non deistic worldviews into one.
Feel free to state your best argument or compelling reasons.
When I was a theist, there was no "argument for atheism" that was convincing.
By that, I mean, I was not convinced by any atheist arguments. I was convinced by my own sincere search to see if my theistic beliefs were actually rational, supported by evidence and reasoned argument.
After a bit of research using history, philosophy, archeology, science, reading the Bible itself, that convinced me that my beliefs were not rationally justified. I was once in a long term relationship with a geologist (a deist), and she used to LOL when someone claimed the Bible was archaeologically accurate.
But of course (and I am not surprised), the initial question from the OP is completely flawed, and the OP does not understand: the atheism position, skepticism, Occam's razor, burden of proof, the null hypothesis.
Quote: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
Atheism does not require any arguments in favor of it. All that is required is that the case for theism has not met it's burden of proof.
Remember, atheism is not a positive claim, it is a response to a claim.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
