I cannot "adopt the position of a believer" in order to test my 'non-belief' more thoroughly TW. I am unconvinced, belief is not a matter of choice.
And furthermore - I don't need to test my non-belief because it's a blank slate. Until I know of reason to believe I can't adopt theism or deism. So there's nothing to test yet, it's theism that needs testing because theism holds a belief in a deity (as does deism, it's just deism is an impersonal one(s)). Atheism doesn't hold any belief at all. What's to test? Am I supposed to go out searching for celestial teapots? Because that's no less futile.
Finally.... there is a difference between adopting a viewpoint and holding a belief. One can take up Devil's Advocate, that is playing from another view - but it is not believing in the opposite side, just playing from their side of the argument(s).
EvF
And furthermore - I don't need to test my non-belief because it's a blank slate. Until I know of reason to believe I can't adopt theism or deism. So there's nothing to test yet, it's theism that needs testing because theism holds a belief in a deity (as does deism, it's just deism is an impersonal one(s)). Atheism doesn't hold any belief at all. What's to test? Am I supposed to go out searching for celestial teapots? Because that's no less futile.
Finally.... there is a difference between adopting a viewpoint and holding a belief. One can take up Devil's Advocate, that is playing from another view - but it is not believing in the opposite side, just playing from their side of the argument(s).
EvF
