RE: Four proofs of the nonexistence of God
April 24, 2018 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2018 at 9:15 am by Whateverist.)
(April 24, 2018 at 8:14 am)Interaktive Wrote: Atheists are unbelievers. Believers are theists. Agnosticism is the third superfluous. The non-existence of God can not be proved logically because the brain works by emotion. Truly, either I believe that God exists or I do not believe that God exists. God does not exist this third is superfluous.
You over simplify the issue. "Truly, either I believe that pfbtchek exists or I do not believe that pfbtchek exists. There is no middle position."
For some of us it is not so simple since the object of belief is so poorly defined. For others it is more a matter of holding out for some semblance of evidence for deciding whether the object exists, the decision regarding belief is merely tabled pending further information. In either case, belief is withheld but it would not necessarily be true to say the non-believer holds the position that gods do not exist.
Personally, my belief regarding the object of other people's belief in gods is that those beliefs are unfounded. I assume there is a natural explanation for what gives rise to belief in gods in so many human beings. I believe they misattribute the source of that belief to something supernatural out there, when it is far more likely that the source is intra-personal and structurally psychological in nature. I am comfortable in holding the belief that some things in which people believe are the result of a mistake and that god-belief falls into that category. I won't however argue for this belief of mine until there is at least an unambiguous and universally accepted definition of "gods". But the question of whether gods exist is no where near as interesting to me as the question of why god-belief exists and has been so widespread for so long.
BTW, with such an old thread, starting a new one is recommended.