RE: Poor Fundies.....Hell is A Literary Construct, Too!
May 23, 2013 at 7:40 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 7:42 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(May 23, 2013 at 6:34 pm)Stimbo Wrote: ...Would you describe this as the lack of belief that most atheists act in that manner, or a positive disbelief that they do not?...After that, minor point but could you please tell me what these beliefs of most atheists might be?The nuance of the first part eludes me. As for the second, based on the time I have participated, I have noticed common beliefs among atheist members of AF. Strictly defined, atheism is indeed simply a lack of belief in any god or gods. Yet certain beliefs are so widespread that, despite minor exceptions they are practically inseparable from atheism. Three such ideas are as follows:
All phenomena can be ultimately be reduced to physical processes.
Only empirical observations of natural events and material properties qualify as true knowledge.
Non-physical formal properties such a those of mathematics, language, and propositions are abstract concepts without independent validity.
