RE: My argument for atheism +
November 29, 2019 at 10:08 pm
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2019 at 10:46 pm by Belacqua.)
(November 29, 2019 at 9:54 pm)Apathyst Wrote:(November 29, 2019 at 7:27 pm)Belacqua Wrote: there is a difference between an affirmative belief that gods don’t exist and merely not possessing a belief that gods exist. It may well be a distinction without a difference and was tangential at best to the gravamen of my disquisition.
OK, if that's the message, then, sure, I agree.
It sounded more complicated than that, but what you say in this latest post seems very clear.
I disagree, however, that atheism is a non-condition. If you are a grownup, and you've heard and rejected the claims made by religious people, then you have a position. (This is true for both strong and weak atheists.)
Several people apparently want to say that they reject religious claims without thought, without logic or reasoning, without any standards of evidence. I suppose this is possible, if they are entirely non-thinking creatures of habit. It's not something I would boast about, though. And as you say, if those atheists are atheists NOT based on logic, then logic can't be used to oppose their position either.