RE: Christian Apologetics and Arguments are Futile
October 30, 2013 at 6:39 pm
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2013 at 6:45 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 30, 2013 at 6:01 pm)GodsRevolt Wrote: Also, I do not confuse my belief with certain truth. I have faith that my beliefs come together into a single truth. And to be honest, it often comes to be tested.
Just like I have noticed that some atheists in this forum do not define themselves as being 100% certain that there is no God, they only believe there is no God.
Or am I mistaken there as well? I didn't think that I was that old, but apparently things have changed since I was an atheist.
Nothing has changed. The disbelief that gods exist is the definition of atheism. There is no need to assert that gods do not exist in order to be an atheist.
SOME atheists may assert that gods do not exist, but they are a subset of atheists. Some people may define this position as anti-theism.
Just look at the word etymology-
'Theism' means the belief that a god or gods exist.
The 'A' prefix means 'without'.
So, atheism means 'without belief in the existence of gods'.
Let me add, that for the vast majority of atheists, their atheism is a provisional position, not a dogmatic one. As long as there continues to be a lack of demonstrable evidence, reasoned argument and valid\sound logic to support the claim that a god exists, I will continue to disbelieve.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
