RE: Religious people on the reasonable faith forum are so fucking stupid...
May 17, 2014 at 7:15 pm
(May 17, 2014 at 6:47 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: Except I've always lacked a belief in any sort of deity since day 1.
That doesn't really have anything to do with what I said.
Quote:Lack of belief and disbelief can go hand in hand. I don't disbelieve in all god claims because there's no way for me to make a value judgement on all god claims that I haven't heard. However, I can reject and soundly disbelieve a claim as it is presented to me.
You might have misunderstood what I said. When I say that "lacking belief" is no different than disbelief, I'm saying they mean the same thing. That is, they both mean "do not believe".
God claims you haven't heard aren't really a problem. You have no reason to believe them; that is a reason not to believe them.
Quote:And even then, the idea that when presented with a claim one must chose 'either, or' is a silly assumption that needs to be challenged.
One does choose to believe or not to believe. What is important is one's reasons for what you do believe.
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