(May 11, 2017 at 6:48 pm)Valyza1 Wrote:(May 11, 2017 at 3:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I thought the atheist position was that you didn't know if a god exists because there has not been enough proof to convince you of one. Not that you've already concluded that one for sure does not exist. Am I wrong?
From what I understand, the most popular current understanding of the term "athiest" is someone who rejects the proposition that a god exists. There could be many different types of atheists under that definition and one might separate them into positive atheists, who believe there are no gods, and weak atheists who simply have no belief about a god's existence one way or the other
Yeah, I knew there were different types/levels or whatever. But I was under the impression that overall, most atheists would say that they still haven't 100% ruled out the possibility for existance of a god, and that saying "I don't think there is, but can't say with absolute certainty that there isn't," was the most accurate way to describe atheism.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
