In the words of David Foster Wallace, however smart you think you are, you are probably way less smart than that. Also if your experiece of people with differing view comes from a debate forum then that also would skew one's perceptions. For the purpose of vigorous debate, I often present a degree of certainty I do not have. IMO Too many qualifiers distract from the main discussion points even if it comes off as smugness.
I do tire of hearing atheism being presented as the only rational position when in fact it is only as rational as the epistemic assumptions of the belief holder. I also do not accept the idea that atheism is the default, no burden of proof, position, since IMHO it is the couterintuitive one.
I do tire of hearing atheism being presented as the only rational position when in fact it is only as rational as the epistemic assumptions of the belief holder. I also do not accept the idea that atheism is the default, no burden of proof, position, since IMHO it is the couterintuitive one.
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