RE: Rant against anti-atheist agnostics.
September 20, 2014 at 5:02 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2014 at 5:05 pm by Simon Moon.)
I am right there with you.
Every anti-atheist agnostic I've ever run across, seems to have a (excuse the expression), 'holier than thou' attitude toward atheists, which usually comes from the same misunderstanding of atheism as most theists have.
They also seem to think agnosticism is some sort of happy middle ground between theism (belief) and atheism (disbelief).
Belief is the psychological state in which one accepts a proposition to be true. Either you accept the proposition that a god exists (theism), or you don't accept the proposition that a god exists (atheism). There is no middle ground.
I am against forcing labels on people, but if you currently do not actively accept the proposition that at least one god exists is true, by definition, you are an atheist.
Every anti-atheist agnostic I've ever run across, seems to have a (excuse the expression), 'holier than thou' attitude toward atheists, which usually comes from the same misunderstanding of atheism as most theists have.
They also seem to think agnosticism is some sort of happy middle ground between theism (belief) and atheism (disbelief).
Belief is the psychological state in which one accepts a proposition to be true. Either you accept the proposition that a god exists (theism), or you don't accept the proposition that a god exists (atheism). There is no middle ground.
I am against forcing labels on people, but if you currently do not actively accept the proposition that at least one god exists is true, by definition, you are an atheist.
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.
