RE: Why are YOU an Atheist?
December 31, 2012 at 5:59 am
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2012 at 6:37 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Update:
Why am I an atheist? I wish I knew the answer to that. Nothing has convinced me and I wish that I knew "why" that that is the case. Why should there be a "why" anyhow? I am not really seriously looking for a "reason", I am looking for an explanation. Or perhaps I am searching for a "cause". I would prefer it if I was asked how it is that I am an atheist than why it is that I am an atheist.
I pose to the theists: Why are you not an atheist? Or maybe in other words: Why are you a theist? And if or maybe when they, like me, do not like that "why" question posed to them, then instead I pose to them: "Okay, forget the "why", how are you a theist? Forget the reason, what is the explanation? Forget about purpose, tell me about what you believe to be the cause. If or maybe when you do not believe that it is caused, then please discuss with me about probability. Not happy with any of the questions or maybe statements that I pose to you? Then please explain to me how it is that I am creating a false dillema. Do you think that I am closing the options by insisting that I may or may not be creating a false dilemma? If or maybe when that that is genuinely the case then please explain to me how when I "open" the possibility (open the " logical possibility door" shall we say) of myself creating a false dilemma, how that that itself can possibly be a false dilemma. Logically speaking, that is, naturally. Because, after all, that would be included in the tautologically logical realm of logical possibility.
If or maybe when you cannot explain, please describe instead. And I will not fall into the argument from ignorance, I will accept that if or maybe when you cannot explain or maybe describe what you think that you ought to explain or describe, to me, to my satisfaction, then, naturally, that does not mean that I am right. Of course it doesn't, I accept that. But it also, naturally, doesn't mean that you are right either. In my opinion, I think that you, however, [hypothetical theist], should also accept that too.
You may explain or possibly describe to me otherwise, if or maybe when you so wish, so long as you do not go all overly dogmatic on me. If or maybe when you preach to me then it is my belief that I am of course indeed entitled to my opinion that you are preaching more for your own benefit than for mine, but I do accept that you may indeed naturally genuinely believe that you are doing it for my benefit, or for the benefit of others beyond yourself. So my opinion, that I am entitled to remember, of course (and you're entitled to yours [hypothetical theist] of course) is that you are selfish in one sense but maybe or maybe not selfless in another, and I feel that way about myself too by the way, when it comes to alturism anyways. It is perhaps unfortunate for you that the laws of the universe that governs us all leads to me not sharing your beliefs and thus disappointing you. If you do not wish to convert me then... awesome. That's good enough for me and, of course, "good enough for me" is good enough for me."
If or maybe when I seem annoying or perhaps petty, please say so.
Why am I an atheist? I wish I knew the answer to that. Nothing has convinced me and I wish that I knew "why" that that is the case. Why should there be a "why" anyhow? I am not really seriously looking for a "reason", I am looking for an explanation. Or perhaps I am searching for a "cause". I would prefer it if I was asked how it is that I am an atheist than why it is that I am an atheist.
I pose to the theists: Why are you not an atheist? Or maybe in other words: Why are you a theist? And if or maybe when they, like me, do not like that "why" question posed to them, then instead I pose to them: "Okay, forget the "why", how are you a theist? Forget the reason, what is the explanation? Forget about purpose, tell me about what you believe to be the cause. If or maybe when you do not believe that it is caused, then please discuss with me about probability. Not happy with any of the questions or maybe statements that I pose to you? Then please explain to me how it is that I am creating a false dillema. Do you think that I am closing the options by insisting that I may or may not be creating a false dilemma? If or maybe when that that is genuinely the case then please explain to me how when I "open" the possibility (open the " logical possibility door" shall we say) of myself creating a false dilemma, how that that itself can possibly be a false dilemma. Logically speaking, that is, naturally. Because, after all, that would be included in the tautologically logical realm of logical possibility.
If or maybe when you cannot explain, please describe instead. And I will not fall into the argument from ignorance, I will accept that if or maybe when you cannot explain or maybe describe what you think that you ought to explain or describe, to me, to my satisfaction, then, naturally, that does not mean that I am right. Of course it doesn't, I accept that. But it also, naturally, doesn't mean that you are right either. In my opinion, I think that you, however, [hypothetical theist], should also accept that too.
You may explain or possibly describe to me otherwise, if or maybe when you so wish, so long as you do not go all overly dogmatic on me. If or maybe when you preach to me then it is my belief that I am of course indeed entitled to my opinion that you are preaching more for your own benefit than for mine, but I do accept that you may indeed naturally genuinely believe that you are doing it for my benefit, or for the benefit of others beyond yourself. So my opinion, that I am entitled to remember, of course (and you're entitled to yours [hypothetical theist] of course) is that you are selfish in one sense but maybe or maybe not selfless in another, and I feel that way about myself too by the way, when it comes to alturism anyways. It is perhaps unfortunate for you that the laws of the universe that governs us all leads to me not sharing your beliefs and thus disappointing you. If you do not wish to convert me then... awesome. That's good enough for me and, of course, "good enough for me" is good enough for me."
If or maybe when I seem annoying or perhaps petty, please say so.
