RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
December 7, 2012 at 6:52 am
Quote:What should be stated in this thread is that human beings theist, atheist or whatever will always be irrational because it is our nature to be
Atheism isn't a position. It's refusing to believe the cliams of others. Sure, a person can become an atheist because of irrational reasons (i.e. the infamous example of people "losing their faith" because of a tragic event in their lives) but atheism is line with reason simply because it doesn't make any positive claim, it simply refuses to assume anything that hasn't been scientifically proven.
Quote:That being said there are as many reasons to be an atheist as there are to be a theist
Theists (and deists) make claims based on flawed logic. Atheists refuse to make claims, simply disbelieve in other people's claims and point out while the theistic and deistic claims are flawed.
Quote:you cannot classify people into a specific group because were unpredictable and refuse to follow the same logical paths.
this is true. Indeed, atheism isn't a group because it isn't an ideology, it's the refusal of other people's idelogies. Atheists have no common ideas other than the refusal ofother people's ideas.