RE: Nature's Laws
May 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2015 at 2:44 pm by Freedom4me.)
(May 22, 2015 at 2:29 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(May 22, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Freedom4me Wrote: True, but skepticism is nothing but a starting point in the quest for knowledge; not the goal. The unstated assumption of the assertion "atheism is (or ought to be) the default position" certainly sounds like skepticism on its face, but in practice it gets turned (by some atheists) into dogma. This particular assertion doesn't become more than an assertion simply by adding to it the assertion that the theist hasn't yet supplied any evidence for his theism.
That's why it's the default position. In your own apparent motivation to turn acting the contrarian into dogma, I don't think you realise that you agree with me on this.
So taking that point, it also doesn't become an assertion merely because you keep asserting it must be an assertion.
I must respectfully disagree. The atheist can't have it both ways. Skepticism most definitely isn't dogmatism. If you're an atheist, then by definition you aren't a skeptic. Both theism and atheism are about as far away from skepticism as one can get.
