RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
September 30, 2013 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2013 at 2:28 pm by Lemonvariable72.)
(September 30, 2013 at 2:22 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:Who ever said all atheists are rational? Were humans being and humans are irrational creatures. So atheism as a position is more rational because the theists haven't met their burden of proof, but doesn't mean the atheist is necessarily rational or irrational.(September 30, 2013 at 1:46 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Vinny
Atheism does not have to be a rational position.
All it demands is that someone is not a theist.
You appear to be attempting to paint us as some sort of elitists. In Britain we are pretty much the default position.
This is an interesting response. You're obviously very inclusive of the irrational. How do you differentiate between a rational atheist and an irrational one? Should there even be a differentiation, or are they all irrational as far as you are concerned?
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
