(September 24, 2014 at 5:08 pm)Blackrook Wrote: The human brain is a physical object under a delusion that it is something more than a physical object -- a mind, that exists outside the realm of the physical.
An atheist's task is to convince the human brain that it is nothing more than a biological machine, which operates with neurons and chemicals, rather than gears and levers.
Once that task is complete, we can abandon all belief in the soul, the spiritual world, and the afterlife.
Discuss.
You're conflating two issues.
Atheism is the lack of a belief in any god or gods. Nothing more.
My wife is an atheist who believes in ghosts and an afterlife.
I am a deist who believes we live in a strictly natural universe and I don't have any believe in an afterlife.
These are two separate issues.
Then we move on to the "task" part of your thread.
Atheists don't have a "task". Atheism is simply a word for what you lack a believe in. There is no assigned task.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
