(August 11, 2018 at 12:13 pm)Kit Wrote: Personal belief is too subjective for any reason to penetrate it.
Am I right?
You know I am.
You're going to believe what you want and fight tooth and nail against any kind of reasonable argument against what you believe because you have something almighty on your side that cannot be proven to exist yet it must exist simply because you believe that it does.
Who can argue against that kind of logic, am I right?
The problem with belief tends to stem from the inability to place one's self in another's shoes.
Can Christians honestly state they've placed themselves in the shoes of the unbeliever?
Isn't the main issue with life that we cannot adequately understand others and their viewpoints?
I can personally understand both ends of the spectrum.
The conclusion is that theists allow their egos more control than reason. Atheists allow reason over ego.
Maybe on average but not always.
Ayn Rand was an atheist, and while she rejected god claims her ego certainly lead to her buying and selling "fuck you I got mine" bad economics.
Stalin was also an atheist, but his ego lead him to become a dictator.
Now, while my younger sister was an atheist, she has since falling back into some sort of afterlife belief.
I wouldn't claim every atheist is as educated as Hawking. Just because we share the "off" position does not mean we have well thought out reasons for it.
Being right about something, doesn't mean you are educated in why you are right.
I have run into plenty of atheists who reject god claims, but have never read Dawkins or Victor Stenger or Harris, and stop at "It doesn't make any sense". They may be right, but it is important to know why you are right.
