(December 9, 2015 at 7:21 pm)athrock Wrote:
(December 9, 2015 at 6:49 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Atheism is a lack of belief, its a response to a claim, it does not make a claim or bear a burden of proof. Also "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is not confirmation bias, certain claims require different degrees of evidence. One example: If someone claims to have a dog, I am inclined to believe them if they show me the leash. On the other hand if they claim to have pet dragon, simply showing me a leash will not be sufficient.
I don't believe in unicorns, and I don't invest any time, money or energy into confirming my non-belief. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
In my short time here, I get the impression that some folks here are actively not believing in a mythical god waaaaaay more than I'm not believing in a mythical creature.
Atheism, as practiced by some anyway, is clearly a whole lot more than a simple "lack of belief".
Whats the basis for your impression? Atheism isn't a practice. But then again trying to explain what's already been explained time and time again to the ignorant is just par for the course.
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