(August 3, 2015 at 12:20 pm)ktrap Wrote:Quote:Pandæmonium
And what about the 'I don't know' conclusion holds less validity and intellectual honesty to the presumption of knowledge without evidence to you?
Why is saying 'I don't know' ruled out when someone rejects a claim (yours) about something that definitely happens following death but 'ergo nothing' is immediately viewed as the default?
I don't believe in any deity. Am I thus doomed to believe that 'nothing' happens as a result? Is my actual answer of "I don't know" ruled out?
Also, Redbeard didn't actually say 'nothing happens', as evidenced by the crucial 'what if' at the beginning of the quote.
A retraction of your claim that Shuffle believes nothing happens would also be welcome as there is no evidential basis for holding the idea that that position is his.
I have no issue to the "I don't know" answer. However, the reasoning applied by atheist to say God does not exist due to lack of evidence should also be applied to the afterlife.
Scenario A
1) God does not exist due to lack of evidence
2) Nothing happens after I die due to lack of evidence
Scenario B
1) I don't know if God exists
2) I don't know what happens after I die
Scenario C
1) God does not exist due to lack of evidence
2) I don't know what happens after I die
Scenario A & B is consistent, Scenario C is not consistent. That is all I am saying. If in your own mind Scenario C is acceptable then fine with me, but I would not consider that consistent reasoning from an Atheist.
What is an atheist?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
