RE: Can one be Atheist and Superstitious?
August 23, 2014 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2014 at 3:06 pm by Simon Moon.)
You can be an atheist and superstitious, you just can't be superstitious and a critical thinker and a skeptic.
My atheism is a byproduct of my skepticism and critical thinking. The same level of skepticism and critical thinking eliminated all known magical thinking from my mind.
If someone is able to point out to me something I believe that is based on magical thinking, like a superstition for example, I will stop believing it.
And no, this doesn't make me a joyless robot. There is more than enough mystery and beauty in the universe to keep me in wonder and awe for the rest of my life.
My atheism is a byproduct of my skepticism and critical thinking. The same level of skepticism and critical thinking eliminated all known magical thinking from my mind.
If someone is able to point out to me something I believe that is based on magical thinking, like a superstition for example, I will stop believing it.
And no, this doesn't make me a joyless robot. There is more than enough mystery and beauty in the universe to keep me in wonder and awe for the rest of my life.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
