(January 23, 2015 at 12:56 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:(January 23, 2015 at 12:48 pm)Former Humanist Wrote: The atheistic worldview of materialism and naturalism accounting for all we have including non-material entities we occupy as human beings ; the problem of the animate coming from the inanimate. Has any emphirical scientific evidence come about that now addresses this adequately ? Theres a few other reasons that lead me away from Humanism on a more sociological level . Im open though and would put my Humanist T-shirt back on if credibility in it were restored for me.
Just a quick refresher course, as it seems like you've been reading about atheism on Conservapaedia.
Atheism = lack of belief in god(s). Nothing more. There's no such thing as an "atheistic worldview." You can not believe the god claims and have any worldview you want.
And could you expand on the idea of "non-material entities we occupy as human beings?" Are you talking about a soul? Ghosts? Chakra? What makes you think that there are non-material entities at work in the world?
Im aware that atheism means lack of belief in God, but, Secular Humanism which IS atheistic deals with affirmations toward a Worldview including Origins ; this includes Materialism and Naturalism as an explanation. It would seem that if Atheists want to declare a lack of belief in God, then they should posit a suitable cogent alternative , no ? Afterall, we have a finite Universe and we are here on a particular planet that is supremely suitable for our inhabitance --- to me, this begs the question which worldview and origins position lines up best with what we have .
By NON-material entities we occupy, im speaking of Mind, will, logic, reason, abstract thinking and the like. These animate entities aren't made up of material atoms so there must be more to the universe (and us) than just materials. If we were just madeup of materials, then we should be able to construct a Human Being from the materials found on and in earth, but we cant. So, im perplexed by consciousness being unable to come from materials. Maybe in the future we will discover that...I don't know, but something tells me we are comparing apples to oranges and the two shall never gel.
