RE: Why must an atheist need a reason?
June 16, 2014 at 1:50 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2014 at 1:55 pm by Brian37.)
(June 16, 2014 at 1:06 am)Sludgeman101 Wrote: Hello atheist brothers and sisters, and today i would like to ask a question to theists. Do atheists need to have a reason to be atheists? This question stems from that when i told my dad i was an atheist, he said the reasons i have were "weak" and that i will have to study until i am at least 40 to say that i'm an atheist. Now, i know my dad did not study until he was 40 to become a christian, in fact, i know that the reason he is one is because my grandparents raised him as one. So does really any reason i give, as long as it is stronger than "because my parents/relatives/friends are" beater than any argument he can use from his life? Also, do i really have to study until i'm 40? Really? That is the time when you would accept that my choice was mine and mine alone and respect it? I don't think so. I don't think so.
Since the word "atheist" is not describing a club, nor is it a loyalty oath no an "atheist" doesn't need a reason not to believe. Having said that, being unarmed about believers position or your own is pretty fucking stupid and makes you an easy target.
There was a time when I was happy stopping at "god does not exist" but I look back at my lack of knowledge then, glad I didn't stay that stupid.
Not knowing why you don't believe is like playing chess only knowing how the pieces move but don't care about the strategy. If all you do is stop at knowing the pieces, someone who knows strategy will kick your ass.
It took me 13 years of reading other atheist arguments, and theists arguments, on line every day, plus dozens of books on top of that. You don't have to do that and be an atheist, no, but I think you'd be stupid not to do it.
