RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 29, 2018 at 4:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2018 at 4:48 pm by GrandizerII.)
(December 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(December 29, 2018 at 11:02 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: That assumes the default valid position is theism.
Not at all.
Both sides make claims. Everyone evaluates the claims based on the standards that he believes are best.
An atheist makes the claim: "there is insufficient evidence to believe in God." He believes this statement because of the evaluative premises which he believes are best. A believer hears that claim and evaluates it based on the evaluative premises he believes are best.
Granted, a lot of people have evaluative premises which are not very good. But everyone hears claims and then accepts or rejects them.
No, an atheist does not necessarily make that claim. They might just not care to evaluate the evidence, or they might want to know first who/what the heck is "God".
Also, just because atheists have beliefs, even if shared by many atheists, does not mean that atheism itself is a belief-position.
