RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 23, 2013 at 8:33 am
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2013 at 8:33 am by Dawud.)
Someone is an atheist - they never do of say anything regarding it.
Someone is an atheist - they start a forum on atheism on the Internet.
Atheism never had an effect on any of them - ever...
I see that you are sticking to this position and it just doesn't convince. I worry that your beliefs are not just against most people's understanding but that they are also consistent
Here are two examples of 1. knowing something not to be there leading to behaviour and 2. Knowing about a lack of knowledge leading to behaviour. Your statement that atheism cannot affect behaviour on the basis that a negative or neutral assertion never leads to behaviour means you must reject them. I think you might start to see where your assertion that atheism doesn't affect people's lives might fall down...
1. Knowing or believing that there is no air in a room can affect someone - they decide to leave the room. Here is a perfect example of someone knowing/believing in the absence of something and it leading to behaviour. I say that you can know that something isn't there and that this counts as knowledge: I think it is a fair statement to say "I know there is no God" and that it is not irrational to act upon this knowledge. But you seem to say that this knowledge cannot be acted upon....
2. Someone may also be agnostic regarding something and claim no knowledge of it - they may then decide to find out about it. An example of not knowing something leading to behaviour. Someone can know that they don't know Scottish law - this is not an absence of knowledge. I say that it is fair to say, "I know my knowledge of Scottish law is not complete" I don't think this is irrational. I also say that this knowledge can lead to behaviour.
Please tell me if you still think that atheism has no influence on a life....
*I worry that they are also inconsistent
Someone is an atheist - they start a forum on atheism on the Internet.
Atheism never had an effect on any of them - ever...
I see that you are sticking to this position and it just doesn't convince. I worry that your beliefs are not just against most people's understanding but that they are also consistent
Here are two examples of 1. knowing something not to be there leading to behaviour and 2. Knowing about a lack of knowledge leading to behaviour. Your statement that atheism cannot affect behaviour on the basis that a negative or neutral assertion never leads to behaviour means you must reject them. I think you might start to see where your assertion that atheism doesn't affect people's lives might fall down...
1. Knowing or believing that there is no air in a room can affect someone - they decide to leave the room. Here is a perfect example of someone knowing/believing in the absence of something and it leading to behaviour. I say that you can know that something isn't there and that this counts as knowledge: I think it is a fair statement to say "I know there is no God" and that it is not irrational to act upon this knowledge. But you seem to say that this knowledge cannot be acted upon....
2. Someone may also be agnostic regarding something and claim no knowledge of it - they may then decide to find out about it. An example of not knowing something leading to behaviour. Someone can know that they don't know Scottish law - this is not an absence of knowledge. I say that it is fair to say, "I know my knowledge of Scottish law is not complete" I don't think this is irrational. I also say that this knowledge can lead to behaviour.
Please tell me if you still think that atheism has no influence on a life....
*I worry that they are also inconsistent
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