RE: Hi There!
October 2, 2010 at 2:06 pm
(This post was last modified: October 2, 2010 at 2:08 pm by fr0d0.)
(October 2, 2010 at 6:01 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I asked you for your evidence for your assertion. You sidestepped my question and made the same assertion once again.No I gave a concise reply. Let me try to explain it more thoroughly:
I believe because I understand what it is I believe in. I choose to conclude what I must, based on knowledge I have.
A non believer doesn't believe because they are forced to conclude what they know, which in this case is a lack of information of the subject... ie they are ignorant of the subject.
Any clearer?
Ignorance used here isn't a slur... more an assertion of fact. Adrian acknowledged when we last talked about this that the default position on faith is ignorance. You're born not knowing/ giving intellectual assent. Personally, and I think you would agree, I think a person cannot believe against what they rationalise to be true. Hence all atheism must be ignorant of theism.