RE: Why atheism is a belief.
December 6, 2011 at 6:53 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2011 at 7:02 pm by xntubes.)
(December 6, 2011 at 5:23 pm)JoopWoop Wrote: To state Atheism is not a belief is nonsense as you have made assumptions to reach your apparent state of disbelief. That you disbelieve in a god is equivalent to a theist who believes, as neither of you have a valid reason for believing/disbelieving.
Emotion directs attention. If there is insufficient evidence of an object to stir emotional interest then the brain is geared to ignore that object. It may not be rational or logical to ignore the possibility of such an object, but it is reasonable to do so because that's how the brain works.
Which, in turn, is a pretty good argument against the existence of a god. Why would a god put such a barrier between himself and us?
Given that most atheists are actually agnostic, if pressed, I'd say atheism is more an emotional aversion/disinterest than a belief.