RE: Is atheism a belief?
March 4, 2019 at 1:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2019 at 1:28 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 4, 2019 at 10:18 am)bennyboy Wrote:(March 4, 2019 at 9:33 am)PRJA93 Wrote: You can call it whatever you like, rude, bad semantics, I'm not concerned with what you think when what you're describing is literally an agnostic atheist. Call yourself a blue unicorn for all I care, it doesn't make you a blue unicorn. But you ARE describing yourself as an agnostic atheist. Don't want to call yourself that? That's fine. That's a weird aversion to have, but okay.
Nope. I'm describing myself as agnostic.
So do the majority of atheists here.
Quote:I think that's pretty clear. I don't believe in weak atheism as a position worth taking
Please explain what you think the problem with weak atheism is?
Because, as far as I can tell, it is, just not being convinced that gods exist. That seems like the standard
Quote:and I'm not a strong atheist.
If by strong atheism, you mean being convinced, with certainty, that gods do not exist. Then I, and many atheists also hold that position.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
