RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
January 29, 2013 at 5:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2013 at 5:52 pm by NonStampCollector.)
(January 29, 2013 at 5:24 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: That's intersubjective, and quite literally so
As I said, I'm not really interested in such debates. I'm well aware of the idea of intersubjectivity, and that some people like to apply it to just about everything in our world. If it's useful for you to analyze the world in that way, then by all means do so.
Quote:Of course... it would be wrong to state that personal belief doesn't enter into it, because as long as there are people involved there will always be belief, and it will always be personal, even if it looks like the same belief another has.
I personally find it simpler and more enjoyable to operate on the assumption that people are usually capable of perceiving an objective reality. If my eyes see something, and your eyes see the same thing, then I'm comfortable believing in the existence of that thing.
Quote:That would explain why you propose retarded things, then.
Charming.
Quote:From a practical viewpoint: nothing is supported by objective observation or experimentation, and if it was: theism might well be one of them.
I don't find that to be a practical viewpoint at all. I find it to be rather convoluted and unnecessarily frivolous. It would be practical to accept our ability to perceive reality through, at the very least, our basic senses. It's impractical to try and bury everything in a layer of never-ending doubt by slapping a label like "intersubjective" on everything a person sees, smells, hears, or touches.