RE: Is atheism a belief?
February 25, 2019 at 11:21 pm
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2019 at 11:28 pm by Bucky Ball.)
(February 25, 2019 at 7:21 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 25, 2019 at 5:02 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: That's where this goes off the rails.
Cats and particles are well defined.
A god is not.
Therefore your analogy is false.
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I feel like people aren't reading the posts. Please read the posts first, and then respond to them.
Yeah, I'm reading them. What you're saying is ridiculous.
Dependent of WHAT "knowledge" ?
(February 25, 2019 at 9:35 pm)Belaqua Wrote: By what criteria did you reject these claims?
There is a claim implicit in your rejection of religion: that religion's claims are unpersuasive. If you had been raised by wolves and never heard about religion, then your atheism would be just a lack. As it is, however, your atheism shows a commitment to standards of judgment. These standards are your beliefs, and carry a burden of proof.
There is no implicit *claim*. A commitment to a standard is not a claim. It may be an unspoken assumption, but it is not a claim.
Some standards may be "beliefs", however you are equivocating the word "belief" ... as sound standards which are based on experience and EVIDENCE are not "beliefs", and are in no way the equivalent to religious claims.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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