Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)

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Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)

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RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious)

July 8, 2012 at 4:46 am

CliveStaples Wrote:Well, consider the following argument:

1) Being a reasonable person entails exhibiting a certain, proper amount of humility about what we can know.
2) Atheism necessarily entails exhibiting an improper amount of humility about what we can know.
3) Therefore, atheism entails not being a reasonable person.

This argument is valid.

Science is by far the most humble endeavour. It has no agenda but to simply reflect reality through observation. Faith on the other hand says 'I know exactly where the universe came from'. Humble? I think not.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle

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Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 7, 2012 at 1:49 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Minimalist - July 7, 2012 at 2:17 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Simon Moon - July 7, 2012 at 2:56 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 7, 2012 at 3:10 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by padraic - July 7, 2012 at 7:04 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Angrboda - July 7, 2012 at 10:22 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 2:47 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 3:46 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 4:09 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 4:20 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 4:46 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by MysticKnight - July 9, 2012 at 12:26 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 9, 2012 at 12:40 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by MysticKnight - July 9, 2012 at 12:44 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 9, 2012 at 1:01 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Simon Moon - July 8, 2012 at 2:28 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 4:46 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 4:51 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 4:54 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 5:01 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 5:06 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 5:11 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 5:08 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 5:12 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 5:26 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 7:04 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 7:44 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 7:53 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 8:29 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Norfolk And Chance - July 8, 2012 at 8:34 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Norfolk And Chance - July 8, 2012 at 8:22 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 11:20 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 11:26 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Creed of Heresy - July 8, 2012 at 5:21 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 8:55 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Norfolk And Chance - July 8, 2012 at 9:02 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 9:23 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 9:43 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 10:12 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 11:11 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 11:19 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 11:40 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 8, 2012 at 12:35 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 8, 2012 at 10:47 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Creed of Heresy - July 8, 2012 at 11:25 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 8, 2012 at 11:34 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 8, 2012 at 12:09 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 12:50 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by CliveStaples - July 8, 2012 at 2:05 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 11:22 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by FallentoReason - July 8, 2012 at 11:55 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Ace Otana - July 9, 2012 at 6:45 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Creed of Heresy - July 8, 2012 at 12:57 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Faith No More - July 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 8, 2012 at 10:01 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Taqiyya Mockingbird - July 9, 2012 at 12:03 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 9, 2012 at 12:15 am

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by Opsnyder - July 9, 2012 at 2:29 pm

RE: Thoughts on Atheism (and a plea to the religious) - by KnockEmOuttt - July 9, 2012 at 3:24 pm

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