(August 15, 2009 at 6:41 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I've provided my reasoning. Provide yours.
I have done so repeatedly.
Atheist & theist are labels that describe someone (or rather someone's position with respect to claims to deity) ... you are an atheist when you cease to believe in deity, you are a theist when you believe in deity but it is OTHER FACTORS that lead to those. If I read/hear a number of reasons explaining to me that there is a god (or reason it for myself) and I find them persuasive I will become a believer (a theist) but it is not the same as saying I am a theist therefore these things are true, likewise if I read/hear a number of reasons explaining to me why there is no god (or reason it for myself) and I find them persuasive I will become a non-believer (an atheist) but it is not the same as saying I am an atheist therefore these things are untrue!
The default human condition is atheist, people learn to believe (taught by other people in various roles and in some cases decide for themselves that there is or is not a god) but the simple fact is that you do not choose to be an atheist and I believe that anyone who says they have was likely not a real atheist but someone who has fallen out of love with or their god (or is being plain disingenuous)!
Kyu
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