RE: Opinion on this Creed
July 17, 2015 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2015 at 3:24 pm by Whateverist.)
(July 17, 2015 at 2:57 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: If you espouse something as false aren't you proposing the opposite to be true? I've had some atheists tell me that atheism is not a belief system. But you believe it don't you?
Not every atheist espouses anything at all about gods. Most of us simply are not persuaded that they exist. Lacking belief in gods does not equal asserting they do not exist. Some of us are both unpersuaded and positively believe gods do not exist.
For me what is certain is that god belief exists and has effects. I go on to ask what are these 'gods' in which theists believe? To be something which is experienced as dynamic, pervasive and responsive, I assume 'gods' are a construct of the mind. Not a necessary construction, but possible and for quite a bit of written history pervasive as well. So I think 'gods' are best understood psychologically. I don't think theists make them up or foist them on the innocent for nefarious reasons. I think their beliefs are cultivated along with the structure of their minds to experience a relationship with gods. The mind is awesome.
