RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
December 5, 2012 at 9:51 am
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2012 at 9:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
@The question posed in the OP. Nope. This is akin to asking whether or not a person would be an atheist if atheism meant "doesn't believe in oxygen". Now let's take a look at your two little categories.
That said, you're bound to see alot of discussions about emotion, and relatively few about, reason, rationale, thinking....we have plenty of arguments though... The reason for this is blisteringly simple. Since there isn't any evidence that there are gods floating around, and there isn't any proof that there are gods floating around......that particular discussion would be a short one. On the other hand, if somebody greatly dislikes this or that part of a narrative - there's plenty to talk about.
Quote:a) Motivations that contain a lot of emotion.No, Vinny, I'm not angry at god, no matter what your shaman may have told you.
b) Motivations that contain reason. Rationale. Thinking. Arguments.
I see almost no discussion of (b) on this forum.
But emotions? Anger? Hate? Tons of it. I do my fair share of trollerskating and mock the anger and hate with even more anger and hate.
But let's face facts. Most atheists here are driven by anger and hatred, not rationality and critical thinking.
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That said, you're bound to see alot of discussions about emotion, and relatively few about, reason, rationale, thinking....we have plenty of arguments though... The reason for this is blisteringly simple. Since there isn't any evidence that there are gods floating around, and there isn't any proof that there are gods floating around......that particular discussion would be a short one. On the other hand, if somebody greatly dislikes this or that part of a narrative - there's plenty to talk about.
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