(April 7, 2017 at 10:36 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(April 7, 2017 at 9:29 am)Harry Nevis Wrote: To me it depends on the reasoning. If you're a believer, you're emotionally involved and invested.
It seems to me a number of atheist get quite emotional and seem fairly invested (despite claims of only skepticism). Can I just dismiss everything they say as biased?
I can understand this position perhaps on an individual basis (if given reason to do so), but it doesn't seem right to assume it; on a general level.
Invested in investigating the objective veracity of something is in no way the same emotions generated by deciding to believe in god and the bible. The believers are defending their faith with the consequences being eternal punishment. And, if they've believed all their life, no one finds fault in those beliefs easily.
But, dismiss whoever you choose to.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
