RE: Is atheism a belief?
February 28, 2019 at 4:30 am
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2019 at 4:40 am by The Grand Nudger.)
There's at least one thing that's been the same for as a long as I can remember, and apparently it's been that way for you as well. If what you're looking for are refinements to the position then it's unremarkable that you would express your atheism differently as you got older and as you acquired more and more knowledge of the subject matter, but cause and refinement are not the same thing...an, yes, if you;re looking for the cause of your atheism, or more braodly the cause of all adult atheism (which is what you've made claim to) I think you probably need to continue making refinements.
I have absolutely no clue what physical determinism is supposed to have to do with any of that. We could live in an indeterminate universe made of spirit marshmallows and those would still be observed states of affairs in our reality.
(February 28, 2019 at 4:22 am)bennyboy Wrote:Arguing? I'm observing that children can and do possess god beliefs, and that I wasn't one of them. Yes, people deep in the jungle can and do believe in gods, and theistic gods, too. That's also been observed.(February 28, 2019 at 4:16 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: If your beagle and your bunions -could- possess god beliefs, but didn't..then yes, they'd be atheists same as you or I. Plenty of kids believe in gods, I wasn't one of them.
Unless you're arguing against physical determinism, then "could" is a sticky wicket. Could some kid deep in the jungle who's not been exposed to the idea of a Biblical God (for example) be theist about that God idea, any more than my beagle or my bunions?
I have absolutely no clue what physical determinism is supposed to have to do with any of that. We could live in an indeterminate universe made of spirit marshmallows and those would still be observed states of affairs in our reality.
Quote:For that matter, could the atheists here? Was there some alternate timeline in which their experiences were not what they were, and their beliefs?If we have to refer to alternate timelines we're already spiraling around the moon. Maybe in the Kelvin timeline I'm a starship captain!
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