RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim
August 15, 2014 at 11:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2014 at 11:43 am by Mudhammam.)
(August 15, 2014 at 11:34 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(August 15, 2014 at 11:31 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Anti-theism has the following burden of proof to meet:Like it's been said earlier, that depends on the definition of anti-theism that you're using. If the definition is 'the positive claim of the non-existence of a theistic proposition' (e.g. God doesn't exist) then there's a burden of proof other than those you've stated.
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.
Yes, dogmatical atheism is as much of a claim as dogmatical theism. But one can be little more than skeptical and still vehemently oppose any sacrifice demanded of humans in the empirical world for the sake of one that can only be imagined.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza