RE: Religions I might try before becoming a full Atheist...
February 8, 2013 at 7:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2013 at 7:42 pm by Simon Moon.)
(February 8, 2013 at 5:23 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm surprised everyone has let this thread get this far without pointing out that one doesn't decide to be an atheist. You either believe in god(s) or you don't. Also, "atheist" shouldn't be capitalized.
You beat me to it. You are exactly right.
Belief is the psychological state in which someone holds a proposition as being true.
If you hold the proposition that a god or gods exist, then you are a theist. Anything else is atheism.
That being said, you should try Sikhism. The swords are really cool!
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
