Purchasing One's Atheism Cheaply

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

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.

Do you know most atheists? More than that, aside from broad, hasty generalizations, you haven't provided any examples of what you claim. You might say, I'm skeptical of your views here.

I imagine this forum serves as exhibit A of my list of evidence.

How many atheists here have discussed a skepticism of their own skepticism? How many of them have discussed the question of whether skepticism needs a qualifier?

How many atheist blogs, or forums, or books host this discussion? Did anyone here even wonder about these questions? Can you provide a rational answer to them?

Some generalizations, it seems are supported by the weight of evidence represented by this forum itself.

edit: Poca is, I think the first person to engage with the question of an infinite regress of skepticism. His argument is a bad one, being arbitrary in it's application of "truncation" (I appreciate the CS-related terminology). But kudos.