@ Evie.. Thanks for the welcome 
I already said, my justification for calling it mindless is that it's what the majority think, even though of course saying that the majority don't think would possibly be more true. Yes I appreciate that a strongly held atheistic position would require retention of certain arguments and so isn't of course mindless at all.
The philosophical position is the lack of belief. Doesn't atheism, in serving no other point but to counter belief, therefore make a philosophical stance?
I thought you had me on ignore anyway?
@ lrh9.. Your contention is that the brain dying disproves the existence of a soul!!! What illogical crap!
@ Kyu.. Thankyou too. Good holiday yeah thanks
Your argument holds true from a scientific perspective, which is all you will consider, dismissing theology with science as you do. A person who cannot dismiss theology rationally, such as myself, because I understand science to be limited to describing the physical universe, has to consider God's existence.
I don't think it's scientific philosophy resulting in atheism. I think it's scientific method resulting in the philosophical stance of atheism. But perhaps that's just splitting hairs.
I can easily consider atheism a path. You guys seem to be saying as much using other words. I think it's more what you would consider vile connotations associated with calling it a path that you have a problem with. I can see why you don't like it in other words.
I already said, my justification for calling it mindless is that it's what the majority think, even though of course saying that the majority don't think would possibly be more true. Yes I appreciate that a strongly held atheistic position would require retention of certain arguments and so isn't of course mindless at all.
(June 16, 2009 at 12:23 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:Isn't atheism a philosophical position rather than a philosophy?
No; it's a lack of belief ,period.
The philosophical position is the lack of belief. Doesn't atheism, in serving no other point but to counter belief, therefore make a philosophical stance?
I thought you had me on ignore anyway?
@ lrh9.. Your contention is that the brain dying disproves the existence of a soul!!! What illogical crap!
@ Kyu.. Thankyou too. Good holiday yeah thanks
Your argument holds true from a scientific perspective, which is all you will consider, dismissing theology with science as you do. A person who cannot dismiss theology rationally, such as myself, because I understand science to be limited to describing the physical universe, has to consider God's existence.
I don't think it's scientific philosophy resulting in atheism. I think it's scientific method resulting in the philosophical stance of atheism. But perhaps that's just splitting hairs.
I can easily consider atheism a path. You guys seem to be saying as much using other words. I think it's more what you would consider vile connotations associated with calling it a path that you have a problem with. I can see why you don't like it in other words.
