RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 2:49 am
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2015 at 2:49 am by Surgenator.)
(January 6, 2015 at 2:32 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:(January 6, 2015 at 1:36 am)*steve* Wrote: I think I understand some things about atheism but our discussions have mainly been about the conflicts in science and religion, philosophy of mind, and consciousness.
But you don't understand it at all if you don't understand it's simply a lack of belief in a deity/ deities.
Theist wrap their worldview so tightly around god that everything falls apart if she wasn't there. A good analogy would be if you meet someone who doesn't believe in gravity and trying to understand them.
(January 6, 2015 at 2:46 am)*steve* Wrote:(January 6, 2015 at 2:32 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: But you don't understand it at all if you don't understand it's simply a lack of belief in a deity/ deities.
Surely judging from the many thousands of comments in the forums there is more to atheism than just a definition.
Nope.
