(July 23, 2023 at 11:58 pm)Nishant Xavier Wrote: So let's debate this.
Anarchism is a system of government though it says it "is no system of government" at all. It doesn't get to win by default by saying that. It must be show that it is the true and best government system. Similarly, Atheism comes under Religous Systems. It is not excused from the obligations of showing it is the true and best form of religion or religious opinion. It must also adduce solid and weighty evidence in its favor to be taken seriously.
Thus, Dr. Craig rightly defends two propositions in most of his debates (1) There are Good Reasons to think (Christian) Theism is true. (2) There are no Good Reasons to think Atheism is true. And then gives evidence under either point. What evidence can Atheists offer to think Atheism is True?
I don't know if atheism (in the positive sense of the term) is true. I just find that the reasons for Christian theism, along with various other particular theisms, are lacking and not very convincing and often entail beliefs that I just find either too fantastical to be true or just clearly man-made. And if we're talking bare minimum theism (i.e., simply that a personal God exists), I don't see why there should be. If we're talking just simply some impersonal First Cause, I don't personally consider that to be God anyway, and why should there even be that.
That's really all there is to it. My confidence in atheism being true is primarily dependent on my confidence in theism being true. And I suspect the same with many atheists here. Many atheists don't appear to think much about positive evidence for atheism, nor do they appear to hold to atheism to the same degree of confidence that Christian theists hold to theism.
