RE: Does this describe you?
October 19, 2013 at 8:16 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2013 at 8:18 pm by ManMachine.)
(October 18, 2013 at 2:53 pm)Wunsbee Wrote: Some atheists are like this, some are not. Are you?
No, I agree there is no evidence to suggest there is no god which would suggest agnosticism, but I am persuaded by reason to conclude that deities do not exist. I accept this requires a leap of faith, but it is one I can comfortably live with. There is nothing about atheism that suggests any lack of deities has to be empirically proven.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
