RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim
August 15, 2014 at 11:31 am
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2014 at 11:53 am by Mudhammam.)
Anti-theism has the following burden of proof to meet:
1) To demonstrate that superstitious beliefs are, all things considered, harmful to human progress and modern society.
2) Refute any purported inherent connection between superstition and the good done in the name thereof.
Anti-theism is not required to dispel any particular notion of God. One can be an anti-theist and remain agnostic as to whether something like a Supreme Being is actually possible or not.
The burden of proof only lies with those who dogmatically assert one way or another. Anti-theism is more concerned with the practical effects that fictitious beliefs have on human behavior, fictitious because there are no arguments or proofs for theism as typically accepted that can be confirmed in experience.
1) To demonstrate that superstitious beliefs are, all things considered, harmful to human progress and modern society.
2) Refute any purported inherent connection between superstition and the good done in the name thereof.
Anti-theism is not required to dispel any particular notion of God. One can be an anti-theist and remain agnostic as to whether something like a Supreme Being is actually possible or not.
The burden of proof only lies with those who dogmatically assert one way or another. Anti-theism is more concerned with the practical effects that fictitious beliefs have on human behavior, fictitious because there are no arguments or proofs for theism as typically accepted that can be confirmed in experience.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
