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Lazy Atheism?
RE: Lazy Atheism?
(July 18, 2024 at 6:51 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(July 17, 2024 at 10:17 pm)Ahriman Wrote: A lazy (but smart) person would simply accept every ontological statement as being true (tentatively) and then sit back and let other people try to disprove any given statement, in a "deconstructing" sense. If someone can't disprove an ontological statement, that means they don't know enough about it, and need to learn more.

Since I am indeed lazy but not particularly smart, I'm going to agree with you here, with some reservations.

First, I don't think we need to accept even tentatively EVERY claim. I mean, we're confident that the earth isn't flat, and 6-day creation is a myth. But there are lots and lots of other claims, much more interesting, that deserve attention. 

Second, I think if we sit back passively we'll never get anywhere. Learning anything new demands active effort. So I'll "sit back" in the sense that I will be quiet and let the smarter people make their cases, but seeking out and reading their books with proper attention demands work. 

What I don't enjoy seeing is when people stake out a narrow range of beliefs and then spend all their time fighting to defend these. There is SO MUCH more to learn. And this demands holding open the possibility that our current ideas are not very good. 

I'm reading Cosmic Connections by Charles Taylor now and I'm just floored by how much he knows, and how he can see so much more in the world than we usually see. 

https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Connection...298&sr=8-1

This is what my brother does. I've tried nudging him in the direction of higher learning. It doesn't work.
"Imagination, life is your creation"



Messages In This Thread
Lazy Atheism? - by Jillybean - March 4, 2024 at 8:00 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 4, 2024 at 8:18 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 4, 2024 at 8:23 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jillybean - March 4, 2024 at 8:36 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 4, 2024 at 9:31 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jackalope - March 4, 2024 at 10:21 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jackalope - March 4, 2024 at 10:18 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 4, 2024 at 11:07 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - March 4, 2024 at 11:09 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 5, 2024 at 2:26 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Angrboda - March 5, 2024 at 1:02 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 5, 2024 at 7:53 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 6, 2024 at 5:58 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Angrboda - March 6, 2024 at 9:25 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 6, 2024 at 1:14 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 13, 2024 at 9:33 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Valkyrie - June 13, 2024 at 9:51 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 14, 2024 at 12:14 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - June 15, 2024 at 8:18 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 15, 2024 at 1:15 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - June 16, 2024 at 6:51 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 16, 2024 at 1:07 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - June 16, 2024 at 10:44 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fake Messiah - June 17, 2024 at 2:01 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 17, 2024 at 10:09 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - June 17, 2024 at 8:03 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - June 18, 2024 at 5:40 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fake Messiah - June 18, 2024 at 7:47 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 22, 2024 at 12:48 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - June 22, 2024 at 1:54 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 24, 2024 at 12:07 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - June 24, 2024 at 8:38 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by A. Secular Human - June 30, 2024 at 8:27 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ravenshire - June 17, 2024 at 2:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 5, 2024 at 2:28 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 5, 2024 at 9:02 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Spooky - March 5, 2024 at 10:53 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by no one - March 5, 2024 at 12:16 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jillybean - March 5, 2024 at 3:37 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 5, 2024 at 7:53 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 6, 2024 at 5:17 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 6, 2024 at 7:48 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fake Messiah - March 6, 2024 at 8:24 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 6, 2024 at 8:45 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 6, 2024 at 7:58 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 6, 2024 at 8:21 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 6, 2024 at 8:48 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 7, 2024 at 9:21 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Simon Moon - March 7, 2024 at 12:13 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 7, 2024 at 8:28 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fake Messiah - March 8, 2024 at 7:25 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Magic Pudding. - March 6, 2024 at 7:22 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 6, 2024 at 12:20 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jillybean - March 6, 2024 at 5:49 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 6, 2024 at 8:01 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jillybean - March 6, 2024 at 5:57 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 11:18 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 12:01 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 12:02 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 1:23 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 1:48 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fireball - March 8, 2024 at 8:46 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 8, 2024 at 12:07 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 12:32 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 8, 2024 at 12:35 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 8, 2024 at 6:46 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 9, 2024 at 9:53 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 9, 2024 at 8:08 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 10, 2024 at 1:39 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 10, 2024 at 8:12 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 10, 2024 at 8:25 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 10, 2024 at 8:57 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 10, 2024 at 9:17 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 10, 2024 at 10:51 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 10, 2024 at 11:17 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 10, 2024 at 11:34 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 10, 2024 at 12:11 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 10, 2024 at 9:24 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 10, 2024 at 8:02 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 12:21 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 8, 2024 at 12:30 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 12:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by emjay - March 8, 2024 at 12:52 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 1:09 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 1:24 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 1:55 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 1:56 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 2:43 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 2:56 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 3:17 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 6:58 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 7:46 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 8:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2024 at 9:43 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 9:45 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 8, 2024 at 10:45 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 8, 2024 at 10:59 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 8, 2024 at 11:20 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2024 at 11:13 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 9, 2024 at 12:38 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 9, 2024 at 5:19 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 9, 2024 at 8:31 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 9, 2024 at 9:38 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 9, 2024 at 5:27 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 9, 2024 at 5:44 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 9, 2024 at 7:29 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 9, 2024 at 8:53 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 10, 2024 at 9:19 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 9, 2024 at 7:32 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 9, 2024 at 7:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2024 at 11:08 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 9, 2024 at 9:07 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 8, 2024 at 10:59 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 8, 2024 at 11:18 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 9, 2024 at 12:09 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 9, 2024 at 9:02 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 9, 2024 at 9:26 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 9, 2024 at 8:00 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 9, 2024 at 9:46 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - March 10, 2024 at 1:42 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 10, 2024 at 1:49 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 10, 2024 at 3:56 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by no one - March 10, 2024 at 8:44 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - March 10, 2024 at 12:44 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - March 10, 2024 at 8:34 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 11, 2024 at 11:41 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 11, 2024 at 11:00 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 11, 2024 at 11:57 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ravenshire - March 11, 2024 at 11:59 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - March 11, 2024 at 12:00 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Paleophyte - March 17, 2024 at 1:24 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Elek_the_Chthonaut - March 26, 2024 at 11:29 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 27, 2024 at 5:26 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - March 27, 2024 at 11:05 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 27, 2024 at 11:23 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 27, 2024 at 6:00 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 27, 2024 at 8:13 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 27, 2024 at 8:56 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 27, 2024 at 9:15 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - March 28, 2024 at 12:45 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Angrboda - March 27, 2024 at 10:23 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 27, 2024 at 11:29 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 27, 2024 at 2:39 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fake Messiah - March 28, 2024 at 1:23 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 28, 2024 at 8:34 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - March 28, 2024 at 9:32 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 27, 2024 at 9:36 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - March 27, 2024 at 11:31 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 27, 2024 at 11:44 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Prycejosh1987 - June 12, 2024 at 10:35 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 16, 2024 at 1:24 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 16, 2024 at 9:59 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 17, 2024 at 11:01 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - June 17, 2024 at 10:07 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 18, 2024 at 12:01 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - June 18, 2024 at 12:14 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 18, 2024 at 5:28 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ferrocyanide - June 19, 2024 at 10:28 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - June 19, 2024 at 10:41 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 19, 2024 at 11:22 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 17, 2024 at 6:50 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Valkyrie - June 17, 2024 at 12:41 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 17, 2024 at 1:34 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Valkyrie - June 17, 2024 at 3:38 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 17, 2024 at 4:45 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Valkyrie - June 17, 2024 at 5:47 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 17, 2024 at 6:11 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Valkyrie - June 17, 2024 at 9:45 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - June 17, 2024 at 10:10 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Silver - June 17, 2024 at 6:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 17, 2024 at 6:48 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Angrboda - June 17, 2024 at 11:23 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 22, 2024 at 11:24 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - June 23, 2024 at 11:34 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - June 23, 2024 at 1:21 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Modern Atheism - July 16, 2024 at 3:36 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - July 16, 2024 at 7:42 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - July 16, 2024 at 8:27 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Modern Atheism - July 17, 2024 at 7:46 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - July 17, 2024 at 8:03 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Modern Atheism - July 17, 2024 at 1:24 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - July 17, 2024 at 8:15 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - July 16, 2024 at 9:29 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fireball - July 16, 2024 at 10:22 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Mr Greene - July 16, 2024 at 10:54 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - July 16, 2024 at 10:00 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Fireball - July 16, 2024 at 10:23 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by The Grand Nudger - July 17, 2024 at 12:17 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Thumpalumpacus - July 17, 2024 at 12:42 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Jackalope - July 18, 2024 at 12:21 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Disagreeable - July 17, 2024 at 1:30 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - July 17, 2024 at 8:19 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - July 18, 2024 at 7:33 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - July 17, 2024 at 10:17 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Belacqua - July 18, 2024 at 6:51 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by Ahriman - July 18, 2024 at 7:52 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by brewer - July 18, 2024 at 9:53 am
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by AniKoferBo - November 8, 2024 at 10:36 pm
RE: Lazy Atheism? - by arewethereyet - November 8, 2024 at 10:47 pm

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