(October 5, 2013 at 3:06 am)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Most atheists nowadays call themselves skeptics. But they are not real skeptics. They are not skeptics of their own skepticism. They are not skeptics of atheism, of the beliefs, views and positions they cherish. It doesn't even occur to many people here that skepticism applied consistently involves skepticism of one's own skepticism, and that unless one has a good criteria for their own skepticism.
Skepticism has gone from being a rigorous methodology to a trite label. A self-identifier, along with "vegan", "pro-choice" or "libertarian".
I think that was his point. And I think it will be a difficult one for most atheists here to digest. But I think there's more truth to it than we dare admit.
Great.
More generalizations about "most atheists", "atheists this", and "atheists that". Got any polling data ? I suspect not.
Buncha whiny crap generalizations I see right up in there.
Why would anyone spend a nanosecond being skeptical about whether there is a 1957 Chevy orbiting Pluto ? Or whether the witches of Salem, really WERE witches, (as there is MORE evidence for that than the resurrection).
The default position is unbelief.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xv_Iklb1V4
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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Militant Atheist Commie Evolutionist
