RE: I can feel your anger
July 24, 2012 at 4:46 am
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2012 at 4:49 am by Whateverist.)
(July 24, 2012 at 4:06 am)Selliedjoup Wrote: So it's perfectly logical to disbelieve a god, but not a natural cause despite the lack of evidence for both?
Disbelief: to hold not worthy of belief : not believe. intransitive verb. : to withhold or reject belief.
I'm not aware of withholding any unconsciously held belief or of rejecting beliefs which are trying to surface in me. It isn't that belief in gods is unworthy either; if I actually had so much as a mild hunch in their favor I'd be arguing for their possibility right along side you. But I harbor not so much as a whisper of a belief in gods. Honestly. So I don't think it is right to say I "disbelieve" gods.
For a belief in gods to make its way into me, I will need more insight, more evidence or some revelation. In the meantime I find it quite logical indeed to carry on faithful to my actual beliefs and heedful of my own best lights. I certainly see no reason to make room for belief in gods based on anything I've heard so far. That may well be my own failing and loss, but I much prefer to go wrong in my own way than to tack on the beliefs of others willy nilly in the hopes of getting it right. I have more faith in myself than that.
I'm not sure what you mean when you speak of disbelieving natural causes. Beliefs concerning natural causes can be incorrect but they can also be tested. Until they fail the test, beliefs in natural causes have earned their place.