RE: Answers needed
June 26, 2015 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2015 at 8:33 am by robvalue.)
Atheism has nothing to do with the origins of the universe. Neither does theism, by default, although most of the time any given theist is likely to make an immediate connection.
Atheism is not a package of answers that is designed to replace religious doctrine. It's simply a rejection of unfounded claims about gods, whatever they are meant to be. And unless you also make your own claim of knowledge that they don't exist, you haven't labelled a creator God impossible. You have simply rejected it out of serious consideration, pending any further evidence.
Religion offers a lot of simple answers to difficult questions. But they are made up. Atheism offers no answers. The most honest and liberating answer is, "I don't know". Religion thrives on people's apparent discomfort with that phrase.
"God did it" is just an abandonment of the desire to learn and an unjustified appeal to magic which explains absolutely nothing.
Atheism is not a package of answers that is designed to replace religious doctrine. It's simply a rejection of unfounded claims about gods, whatever they are meant to be. And unless you also make your own claim of knowledge that they don't exist, you haven't labelled a creator God impossible. You have simply rejected it out of serious consideration, pending any further evidence.
Religion offers a lot of simple answers to difficult questions. But they are made up. Atheism offers no answers. The most honest and liberating answer is, "I don't know". Religion thrives on people's apparent discomfort with that phrase.
"God did it" is just an abandonment of the desire to learn and an unjustified appeal to magic which explains absolutely nothing.
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