RE: Atheism is not a belief!!
April 25, 2013 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2013 at 1:39 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
(April 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote:(April 25, 2013 at 1:04 pm)Texas Sailor Wrote: Atheism can have any definition in the world, so long as the individual assigning it is cool with accepting that the new definition (if anything other than a word that describes a lack of belief in Gods) is only valuable to them as it is a product of their own inherently ignorant interpretation.
Or it can have just two... that depending upon whether they know there are no gods, or whether they don't know if there are any gods.
You're welcome to build straw houses all day long if you like, but I am not to be held accountable for any stray fire what comes your way.
I'm avoiding a long inevitable discourse by cutting to the chase. Not a fan of straw.
Since the base of every God theory is an underlying unfalsifiable hypothesis, it really saves us the time of having the debate over whether anyone can "Know" a God exists or not.
There is no reason to believe in any God at all. That is not the same as saying that I believe he does not exist, and its certainly not the same as me claiming to "know" one way or the other.
Atheist only exist as a necessary biproduct of the individual making claims about Gods we don't believe.
I also don't believe that i'll wake up tomorrow with one less arm. I've had good luck so far and can see nothing to suggest that I should plan for such a thing, therefore, I don't believe its gonna happen. I am not saying it can't or its not going to happen simply because I have the inablility to show it false. But, the lack of evidence for such a thing is enough for me to sleep well and not consider such a thing as a possibility. This of course doesn't seem to warrant a title because there isn't a huge group of people called "Nocturnal Amputationists" attempting to convince me that it's a common occurence that I should begin preparing for. If there were, I'd be a "A-Nocturnal-Amputationist" too!
Any word you like that deals with the ignorant claims of having knowledge of such things is not of any interest to me. It's a waste of good discussion that's been beaten to death. So, again...I am an Atheist because I have no reason to believe any God claims. I remain at the default position of a questioning, sentient being. I am not interested in any other variations of any other levels of ignorance.
I am aware I don't have the answers, I am ok with not knowing, and no, I haven't heard any God theory that doesn't fall flat on its face, so, I don't accept it as an answer to any of the questions I don't have answers for. No more than I have any reason to add duct taping my arm to my chest to my evening routine before bed.
[EDIT] By the way, I'm on a government computer that doesn't allow access to YouTube or other fun video sites, so if you posted a video that was intended to be educational, I'm affraid I won't be able to be enlightened by it. You'll have to use your own brain to defend your thoughts through text.