RE: Atheist Fundamentalism
October 15, 2014 at 9:14 am
(This post was last modified: October 15, 2014 at 9:18 am by Chas.)
(October 14, 2014 at 10:55 pm)genkaus Wrote:(October 14, 2014 at 4:07 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: And people on this forum frequently speak out against the Bible itself as well, because like the Koran, it's a collection of immorality and superstitious shit with a handful of nice ideas and concepts that have been presented elsewhere more effectively and without the threat of divine punishment or the shoe-horning in of supernatural justifications. Both books deserve to be ridiculed because both books are ridiculous.
Sure. But is ridiculing the book enough justification to dismiss the religion?
Ridicule is not justification. The book itself is ridiculous - that is the justification.
And even if they were to disavow the book, their theology is ridiculous and worthy of being dismissed.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
