(September 11, 2010 at 9:31 am)Existentialist Wrote: When somebody feels the need to add a statement like "simply" and "simple" to any definition, it tends to suggest that it is not quite as simple as is being suggested, otherwise the simplicity would be self-evident and the statement would be unnecessary.
This simplicity is self-evident, if you can wrap your mind around the fact that you're making a complex matter of something simple. (not you in particular) However, so many people want to ascribe so much more to atheism than is actually there. In my case, I add the simply out of exasperation. It's my polite way of saying, "You're thinking too deeply into it. Stop trying to make atheism something it isn't to suit your own purpose and realize how simple it is." Somewhere in the back of my mind I name call at the same time. As you can see (
), you can read more into a turn of phrase than you can into the word "atheist."(September 11, 2010 at 9:31 am)Existentialist Wrote: The question is, do I believe the people when they claim they see it as simple? I cannot help feeling it is simple in the same way that a bottle top screwed down on a pressurised liquid is simple. It hides terrible potential beneath. It has the feel of the lady doth protest too much. Methinks.
Therein lies the problem. You don't understand how simple the concept is, so you, like so many others, give it more credit than it deserves.
You can't change a definition because you don't think it suits your feeling.
