RE: The Case for Atheism
May 19, 2013 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2013 at 2:49 pm by Ryantology.)
Drew is frustrated because he has committed to a position he cannot demonstrate to be true, thus placing him on the defensive. His only means of achieving intellectual parity with the rest of us is by inciting us with solipsism he, himself, does not subscribe to, so as to lower us to his level.
Philosophically, I remain a six on the Dawkins scale, mostly to avoid the pants-shitting stupidity such as Drew has unleashed in this thread. In all practical matters, I am a seven. No gods run my life, no gods adjudicate moral matters, no gods make natural processes work. If I cannot make a positively negative statement about God, I cannot make a positively negative statement about anything else which is obviously not there.
You don't, either, but you're willing to lie about it. That's much worse than being ignorant.
Philosophically, I remain a six on the Dawkins scale, mostly to avoid the pants-shitting stupidity such as Drew has unleashed in this thread. In all practical matters, I am a seven. No gods run my life, no gods adjudicate moral matters, no gods make natural processes work. If I cannot make a positively negative statement about God, I cannot make a positively negative statement about anything else which is obviously not there.
Quote:I have no problem with atheists declaring they don't know anything...it's what I've suspected all along.
You don't, either, but you're willing to lie about it. That's much worse than being ignorant.
