RE: Is It Hypocritical Of Me To Be Athiest?
October 8, 2013 at 2:22 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2013 at 2:23 pm by Faith No More.)
(October 8, 2013 at 1:52 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: I'd call it a cynical mindset tbh. It's not like you know anything more than anyone else as to whether God exists or not you're just saying he doesn't and expect to be taken as humanities leading authority on the question.
True, we don't know anything more than anyone else about whether god exists. But no one is saying he doesn't exist and insisting on being taken as an authority. The problem is that every claim made for the existence of god is weak at best, and one doesn't have to be cynical to see that. You speak as if the attitude you receive from atheists shows arrogance and attempts to speak from authority, but in reality, the attitude you get from atheists is a result of just how flimsy of a defense your beliefs rest upon.
I don't claim to know that a god doesn't exist, but what am I supposed to believe when every argument posited for god's existence can't stand up to scrutiny?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
