Lazy Atheism?

[Ahriman]

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.