RE: No problems with atheism then...
August 18, 2011 at 6:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2011 at 6:56 pm by Jackalope.)
(August 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm)Rayaan Wrote: There is no evidence that atheism is correct - along with theism - and that's a bit of a problem actually, isn't it?
I disagree. My atheism is of the form "I don't believe that any deities exist.".
That is an absolutely correct and true statement independent of whether any do or do not in fact exist. The same is true of agnostic theism. It's only when you get into gnosticism that problems develop.
(August 18, 2011 at 5:05 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: The question is stupid. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in the existence of deities. The only problem is the way society (especially in the U.S.) oppresses/suppresses the expression of that lack of belief. That is not a problem with atheism. It is a problem with religious bigotry.
^^^ This. ^^^
