RE: Why are YOU an Atheist?
November 4, 2012 at 8:54 am
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2012 at 10:10 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I'm an atheist because nothing has convinced me. I don't know why nothing has convinced me. It's just the way the universe is.
I also believe that God is improbable because I believe that it's more parsimonious to leave him out of the picture, and because it seems that he would have to be complex to me, and there is insufficient evidence for his complexity, in my mind.
If I was just to have an absence of belief in God (not a lack, I don't believe that I lack belief - that would imply that I didn't believe enough) then I could claim that I don't believe God doesn't exist, I merely don't have a belief on the matter. But, since I make a probability judgement on the matter of God's non-existence, then it would be incorrect for me to say that I did not believe that he doesn't exist. I do believe that he doesn't exist - but I don't believe that I know that he doesn't exist, I merely believe that his existence is improbable.
I also believe that God is improbable because I believe that it's more parsimonious to leave him out of the picture, and because it seems that he would have to be complex to me, and there is insufficient evidence for his complexity, in my mind.
If I was just to have an absence of belief in God (not a lack, I don't believe that I lack belief - that would imply that I didn't believe enough) then I could claim that I don't believe God doesn't exist, I merely don't have a belief on the matter. But, since I make a probability judgement on the matter of God's non-existence, then it would be incorrect for me to say that I did not believe that he doesn't exist. I do believe that he doesn't exist - but I don't believe that I know that he doesn't exist, I merely believe that his existence is improbable.
