(July 16, 2012 at 11:26 pm)Selliedjoup Wrote: All I'm looking for is the admission that materialism is a belief. Is that too much to ask for?
I'm interested in why atheists are so adverse to admitting to anything which suggests their position is not rational or 'enlightened'. I think it's a reactive response that 'belief' is only for theists, and given you oppose them you won't admit to any form of belief.
Okay, I'll bite. I don't think materialism is necessary for atheism but I do agree materialism is a belief and it happens to be one I hold. Not for irrefutable reasons mind you. It is more of a bias or intuition on my part. So don't expect me to defend it.
I expect that we act implicitly on any number of beliefs which are not rational and which we may not even be aware of. However, I don't count belief in gods among those beliefs, implicit or explicit, which motivate me.
So, what of it?