RE: Suggestions for atheist framework
February 22, 2012 at 6:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2012 at 6:21 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Why on EARTH should I care what some patronising Catholic thinks? He hasn't even managed to grasp the meaning of the word 'atheist' . He makes the unfounded assumption that atheists need meaning and indeed that there is one.
That we waste our time when we 'should' be looking for meaning is a typically ignorant and arrogant apologist attitude.
There is no such thing as 'atheist philosophers';there are philosophers who are also atheists. Atheism refers ONLY to a lack of belief on god(s). If you are looking for a philosophical explanation for not believing,I recommend Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"
That a person cannot imagine a life without the crutch of religion or something to replace it is an argument from incredulity. It says a great deal about person the person holding such an idea,but nothing of value.
Having argued with trained Catholic sophists, I really have no interest in a stranger who presents as either profoundly smug and ignorant or simply predictably disingenuous.
That we waste our time when we 'should' be looking for meaning is a typically ignorant and arrogant apologist attitude.
There is no such thing as 'atheist philosophers';there are philosophers who are also atheists. Atheism refers ONLY to a lack of belief on god(s). If you are looking for a philosophical explanation for not believing,I recommend Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"
That a person cannot imagine a life without the crutch of religion or something to replace it is an argument from incredulity. It says a great deal about person the person holding such an idea,but nothing of value.
Having argued with trained Catholic sophists, I really have no interest in a stranger who presents as either profoundly smug and ignorant or simply predictably disingenuous.
