RE: Religion may not survive the Internet
January 22, 2013 at 8:49 am
(January 21, 2013 at 6:12 pm)Ryantology Wrote: Some atheists do accept claims without evidence. This is, however, human nature.
Agreed. When making a charge against theists, the atheist should ask himself if the charge applies specifically to theists, or to humans in general.
Quote:It only becomes a real problem when you insist on believing in those claims even when it is obvious that no evidence exists to support them, or worse, when it is obvious that what evidence exists contradicts your claims, right up to the point of virtual invalidation.
Yeah, like abiogenesis.
Quote:There are no doubt some atheists who are guilty of this on one subject or another, but if you are a theist, you are certainly guilty of it.
Considering abiogenesis, atheists are almost certainly guilty of it as well.