RE: Athiesm is a Faith?
January 3, 2013 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2013 at 1:12 pm by Mark 13:13.)
(January 3, 2013 at 12:23 pm)paulpablo Wrote: 1complete trust or confidence in someone or something:
2belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof:
This is the oxford dictionary definition of faith. The second does not apply to atheism obviously.
The first one could apply to somone who has complete confidence in the concept of there being no god. But then this would directly contradict the second definition.
I dont see what the big deal is myself about this argument, i personally as an atheist dont have faith there 100 percent is no god, but the evidence points towards all the religions that say there is a god being wrong. But i can see that some atheists might have complete trust and confidence there is no god, im sure thats possible.
Yep I find your position reasonable even if I disagree.
(January 2, 2013 at 9:47 pm)FallentoReason Wrote:(January 2, 2013 at 9:33 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: absolutely true. I wish I hadn't asked that question in this thread but started another instead. Because then it would be fair for me to say you haven't answered the question as its gone completely of the topic. and its my fault for being drawn of the topic through other posters responses and me responding. So I'm gonna drop it for now and start a new thread soon instead. Hope your ok with that.
That's ok with me. As long as you sincerely believe to be posting stuff that is rational and reasoned, then I'm willing to listen. If what I responded to came out wrong and you meant something else, then I understand that too.
I decided not to start a new thread as I keep answering in this one so yes our desires do not create our reality is my take too. though there are some who I could not categorise as Theists who do believe something similar to what you allude to and that being that our thoughts create our reality and if we want to escape this illusion we need to recognise this and take a variety of actions as outlined by whatever video I happened to be watching.
