RE: Is atheism a belief?
February 28, 2019 at 7:01 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2019 at 7:03 pm by Belacqua.)
(February 28, 2019 at 6:52 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: The atheist doesn't have to defend anything if those criteria and the related beliefs are held in common with the theist. You don't need to defend points of agreement, only points of disagreement, and those points of disagreement don't necessarily include the criteria, and quite often don't.
OK, if nobody challenges you I guess you're not going to defend it.
Still, if you have premises and have used them to reach a conclusion, those are things which may be challenged and defended.
(February 28, 2019 at 6:53 pm)fredd bear Wrote: Then insisting that I must have gone through some process or other to arrive at my position, which I need to demonstrate or explain.
I acknowledge that some atheists may not have gone through a defensible process. They may believe what they believe based on a whim or force of habit. You may be such a person, I don't know.
