RE: A problem with the word "atheist"
January 25, 2018 at 1:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 25, 2018 at 1:02 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 25, 2018 at 9:12 am)Little Rik Wrote: Atheism = no God.
No God is a clear statement that imply evidence.
No evidence turn a statement invalid.
An invalid statement that is repeated again and again as a real truth automatically enter the corral of dogma.
Wrong again. Do you ever get tired of being wrong?
Theism - belief in the existence of a god or gods
Notice the word "belief" in the defintion?
Atheism - disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings
The "A" prefix means "without". Place it before the word theism, and you get, without belief in a supreme being or beings.
There is no requirement in the atheist position to claim that gods do not exist. Some atheists may claim to know that there are no gods, but all that is necessary to be an atheist is to not believe that gods exist.
As an atheist, I am not claiming to know, with absolute certainty, that there are no gods. My position is that theists have not met their burden of proof to support their position that gods do exist.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
