RE: Do atheists need some faith?
July 19, 2012 at 3:53 am
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2012 at 3:56 am by genkaus.)
(July 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm)nazra7 Wrote: Hello everyone. I have a question that I've been very curious about for awhile, and I'm opened minded to being persuaded one way or the other.
Ok.
(July 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm)nazra7 Wrote: I'm sure you've all heard that it takes more faith to be an atheist than a theist, well I'm unsure if that is actually true.
Its not.
(July 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm)nazra7 Wrote: So here is my question, well, there is actually two questions:
It seems that many atheists are atheists not because of evidence against theism but because of a lack of evidence for theism. Is this true?
Nope. I, for one, am an atheist because of both - lack of evidence for any particular type of theism and plethora of evidence against multi-specific theistic doctrines.
(July 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm)nazra7 Wrote: If so, isn't there a little faith involved that there really isn't any evidence for theism that may have been overlooked or yet to be discovered?
Not so, so no. But even if so, then still no. No reason to believe equals no belief. That is rational. Faith doesn't come into it.
(July 18, 2012 at 5:51 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Also, if Theism rests on a proof to be discovered, then belief in it will be cold type reliance like belief in a mathematical proof after seeing the proof.
You have said this before, but I don't see why the so-called god would be averse to getting known by those means.
