RE: Is 'Strong' atheism weak?
October 6, 2008 at 12:29 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2008 at 12:32 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(October 6, 2008 at 12:19 pm)Ace Wrote: I am a strong atheist.
Not to the point where I am 100% of there being no god but to the point of 99%.
I have to leave that little 1% out to allow some room for religion to be right.
99% sure that there is no god, If I add one more percent, I'd be claiming! Since I would then be saying that I know there is no god. If I leave that little gap, I'll be just on the very edge of claiming.
So I see in my view that the existance of god is extremely improbable. I do not claim that he is impossible.
So I am a strong atheist but only one percent from claiming that there is no god.
If I was asked of just how sure I was I'd say 99.99% sure that there is no god. So yer, I'm a strong atheist.
If I was 100% sure, I'd be claming that there is no god and that would mean for me to prove it and you can't dis-prove a negative.
So I'm at 99%, where I'm leaving that little gap that seperates claiming and strong dis-belief.
I am a strong 99% sure atheist.
Yes well by your definition of a strong atheist I'm a strong atheist to the extent that you are....
But I read on this site that a Gnostic Strong Atheist is someone who thinks that the existence of atleast some Gods is impossible.
Quote:Gnostic (strong) atheist
Strong atheism is a position that certain types of gods definitely do not exist. An atheist may be gnostic towards the non-existence of some types of gods yet an agnostic atheist towards other types of gods.
I see that this definition - which is in 'important information for theists' in the feedback and suggestions forum - of Strong Atheism is in fact a form of weak atheism...IMO; because it's weak to think that way.
