(July 6, 2012 at 9:55 am)Metonymie Wrote: Ladies and bruces,
I have a question about atheism.
As we know, being an atheist doesn't imply anything. It just means that someone doesn't believe in god (any god).
But is this true? Can you be an atheist and anything you like (except a believer in god, of course).
It seems to me, that you have to be a materialist and therefore can't be an idealist. (maybe in constructivist epistemology, but I'd doubt that)
(True/Untrue?)
If this is true, how do you deal with Hume's "is-ought problem" and naturalistic fallacies?
(David Hume
could out-consume
Schopenhauer and Hegel)
An atheist is someone who does not believe in god. Atheists tend to be as moral as everyone else (seeing as morality does not come from religion), some atheists do have some spiritual beliefs, even in some afterlife and the like. Atheists are like everyone else except for the fact that they don't believe in god or god's. Is that simple. A lack of theism.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
