RE: Is atheism a belief?
March 4, 2019 at 10:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2019 at 10:07 pm by fredd bear.)
"I have no problem with people taking a weak atheist position. However, for me personally, identifying with the lack of an idea is pointless. I don't like being railroaded into a semantic which, while literally possible, is such a poor descriptor of my own state of belief."
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I'm an agnostic, or soft atheist. I state that I do not believe in gods due to lack of proof. This position is in no way logically weak or unsound. I need prove nothing..
However, the position of the hard atheist is problematic: Stating " I believe there is no god" is a positive claim, attracting the burden of proof. Just as much as the theist who asserts "I believe in god". It is also belief without knowledge. As far as I'm aware, nobody in recorded history has proved the existence of god, or his non existence. An absence of evidence is not proof of absence, although absence is implied, and may be the case.
Imo the hard atheist is actually in an intellectually weak position compared with the soft atheist. I can probably back it up, but I'm simply expressing my opinion, not setting out to change anyone's mind.
But they, you believe whatever. I suggest to perhaps refrain from making general claims unless you have proof of such claims. IE right now, all you can reasonably assert is your own position.
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I'm an agnostic, or soft atheist. I state that I do not believe in gods due to lack of proof. This position is in no way logically weak or unsound. I need prove nothing..
However, the position of the hard atheist is problematic: Stating " I believe there is no god" is a positive claim, attracting the burden of proof. Just as much as the theist who asserts "I believe in god". It is also belief without knowledge. As far as I'm aware, nobody in recorded history has proved the existence of god, or his non existence. An absence of evidence is not proof of absence, although absence is implied, and may be the case.
Imo the hard atheist is actually in an intellectually weak position compared with the soft atheist. I can probably back it up, but I'm simply expressing my opinion, not setting out to change anyone's mind.
But they, you believe whatever. I suggest to perhaps refrain from making general claims unless you have proof of such claims. IE right now, all you can reasonably assert is your own position.
