RE: No problems with atheism then...
August 22, 2011 at 9:32 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2011 at 9:35 am by Captain Scarlet.)
(August 20, 2011 at 12:09 am)theVOID Wrote:Agreed void. The other problem is that there is plenty of evidence that atheism is correct. Like all evidentiary claims it is not conclusive, but is still more probable than immaterial beings and the supernatural:(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?
A problem for you only, burden of proof and all that jazz.
- the hiddenness of god and reasonable unbelief
- religious confusion, or the geography of religion
- the inductive problem of evil
- the success of natural science
- the failure of intercessory prayer
- evolution
- cosmic origins and the nature of time
- mind brain connection and the failure of substance dualism
Theism on the either hand has a series of giant arguments from incredulity (design, cosmological arguments), unproven claims around the abstract (TAG and morality), and appeals to the subjective (personal experience and the revelations). None of these are very compelling are they?, especially when they support any or even all religions claims (except for those pertaining to revelation). Even if you could win all these arguments it is then not possible to show they are infact all the same god.
Atheisms problem is that it cannot 100% conclude that every god does not exist but then nothing can from an evidentiary standpoint. Of every well defined god you can submit knowledge of however we could probably get real close to it by examining their logical inconsistencies.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.