RE: Hi!
April 26, 2012 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2012 at 10:53 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Atheism isn't usually the word I describe myself by because it implies, at least to me, some degree of dogmatism and intellectual arrogance
G'day and welcome from South Australia
Arrogance? That's an ad hominem. EG I can be an arrogant old prick. I'm also an atheist. I'm not an arrogant old prick BECAUSE I'm an atheist. I was an arrogant young prig (yes,I mean priG) when I was a believer .
Dogmatic? Atheism is no more than the absence of belief in god(s) it's the antithesis of belief or dogmatism. The exception is that peculiar creature, the hard atheist. Such people can be as closed minded and dogmatic as the most rabid theist.
