RE: Atheist struggling to answer a question i often propose to myself
August 24, 2017 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2017 at 6:16 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(August 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm)mordant Wrote:(August 24, 2017 at 5:40 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Again, that is only the trivial definition of atheism you and others have chosen to embrace, i.e. one that applies applies to infants and the unaware. The alternate and meaningful definition of atheism is a intellectual negative stance with respect to the proposition that "God(s) exist."Nothing about atheism requires this "negative stance" if by that you mean taking up a knowledge position that there are no gods. It only requires seeing no valid reason to afford belief to any deities.
I do not consider you so young or so indifferent as to not have taken a stance.
A proposition is either true or not true. So with respect to the proposition "God(s) exist." there are only two options. The proposition is either true, the theist stance, or it is not true, the atheist stance. The meaningful definition of atheism I have given does not force atheists to claim metaphysical knowledge; but rather asks them to own where they stand with respect to the question.
(Well, maybe there is a third option called 'I don't care' but I do not seriously believe any AF member falls into that category.)