(September 26, 2023 at 1:05 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(September 20, 2023 at 4:59 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: My lack of being convinced God exists doesn't stand alone. It comes packaged with various inter-related opinions.
My atheism comes as a bundle with:
Agnosticism
Skepticism
Anti-religious sentiment
Nihilism
Materialism/Physicalism
Evolution
A high view of science (scientism?)
Left/ Liberal/ Progressive Politics
Not believing in moral realism
Not believing in freewill
Etc.
Does your atheism tie into other things, or does it stand alone?
My atheism is a byproduct of my skepticism. I believe atheism is the rational results of correctly applying skepticism to the god claim.
I was a skeptic before I was an atheist. I was skeptical about almost every other supernatural claim, but I went years without applying skepticism to my god beliefs. As soon as I did, my theism faded pretty quickly.
I am not a nihilist.
I fully accepted evolution before I was an atheist.
I believe that science is by far the best method we have for determining fact from fiction.
I was a progressive before I was an atheist.
I am a methodological materialist, not a philosophical materialist.
I am not a moral realist. I do, however, have an objective view on morality (search YT for "Matt Dillahunty. The superiority of secular morality").
I am a compatibilist with respect to free will.
Morality ain't objective, my man. Not in any way, shape, or form.
"Imagination, life is your creation"