RE: My Argument for "Gnostic Atheism" - Anyone Else?
October 10, 2014 at 11:16 am
(October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm)onebluethinker Wrote: ...but I know none of the Gods that have been invented on Earth are real.
It would only take one example of a real god to undermine your empirical conclusion. Since it is practically impossible to investigate each and every god claim, you cannot have certain knowledge, as reasonable as it may seem.
(October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm)onebluethinker Wrote: It's obvious that there is no physical evidence for a God,..
...only deductions based on the nature of reality.
(October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm)onebluethinker Wrote: I choose not to believe in fate.
Are you sure you aren't just compelled by the initial conditions of the universe to believe you have that choice. ;-)
(October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm)onebluethinker Wrote: I...am definitely not a nihilist.
Do you or do you not believe in epistomological and/or moral absolutes?
(October 9, 2014 at 10:58 pm)onebluethinker Wrote: I hope I'm not the only one on here that spends hours thinking about philosophy at a young age.
You are in good company. I started reading existentialist philosophy in high school. I'm 49 now and my interest has only grown. It's a wonderful way to approach life.
