RE: The Case for Atheism
May 21, 2013 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2013 at 5:28 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(May 21, 2013 at 5:01 pm)Sal Wrote:(May 20, 2013 at 2:12 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Not at all, as a theist I have an opinion. An opinion is what you think is true minus irrefutable evidence its a fact. I could be wrong but I think its true we owe our existence to a Creator known as God. One would think calling yourself an athiest that it is your opinion God doesn't exist. The problem as I see it is atheists (for the sake of a debating tactic) have attempted to redefine atheism as a lack of belief in God not a disbelief in God. That statement is so nebulous, so vacuous that atheists no longer deny God exists they just don't share that belief. Think how little difference there is between our respective beliefs...I don't deny God exists either!disbelief = lack of belief.
Doesn't matter what you want to call it, I describe myself as an atheist because I have no reason to believe in a creator of the Universe. I've yet to find any compelling evidence that couldn't be described by purely naturalistic means and understood through science.
This, 100%.
It was utter tripe the first time someone indicated that atheism was something other than the lack of belief, and its utter tripe now.
I'm sick to death of people telling me what I do[n't] believe. I lack a belief in all forms of god that claim to do something and that don't have evidence to back them up (every god...ever). So it could be said I don't believe in them. Wow, the semantics, who would get confused on such a simple point?
Oh...
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