RE: My view and reasons for them. Atheist and Christians welcome here. (short)
May 7, 2018 at 10:48 pm
(May 7, 2018 at 10:33 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(May 7, 2018 at 7:57 pm)Quick Wrote: I am just noting an observation when I talk about the dance.Meh, I just never believed. It wasn't something I had to argue my way into or out of. Could I today? Could I pick apart this or that belief and assess it on grounds of evidence or logic or integrity? Sure. I was an atheist long before I knew how to do any of that, though..or even had any specific interest in it.
IIRC, the reason for atheism is that they believe there is no God because there is no/ineffective evidence to support that there is a God, which leads people to believe there is no God or something very similar. Which, sure, but there is no evidence that life should exist either and yet here we are.
Maybe I;m just not as mystified by our existence as you?
Now, I do see alot of people in some muddy ground between the faith of their childhood and atheism..playing with the idea of getting rid of the "organization" as though the organization were the issue...and I suppose I might understand that better and empathize with it more had I grown up in some shitty batshit religion..but I didn't. I don;t see your faith as distincly different, semantically different, or rhetorically different as the next common christers.
It;s the foundation thats busted...not the wallpaper.
There is something to be said for not growing up in a "believing" family. I think this radically changes the outlook of the person.
My belief is something that gives me purpose. I am not sure who you are comparing me to though. Could you specify that?
When you talk about the "foundation" I find wrestling with the belief in God a inherent part of being a human. I don't think just because someone believes there is a God means their perception of the world outside of belief in God is otherwise flawed.
But your individuality and your present need will be swept away by change,
and what you now ardently desire will one day become the object of abhorrence.
~ Schiller - 'Psychological Types'