(November 2, 2021 at 5:43 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:(November 2, 2021 at 5:34 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: But for me, the question, does a god exist, IS related to unicorns and bigfoot, because they are all fall under the scope of episiotomy.
My reasons for disbelieving in gods, the afterlife, souls, is not different than my reasons for disbelieving in unicorns, bigfoot, and an almost endless of toehr unsupported supernatural claims.
It's not our fault that you are trying to saddle us with being part of a religion with sects, or whatever other religious trappings you want, and then wonder why we complain about your lack of understanding and your fallacious reasoning.
Here it is again. I do not believe that gods, the afterlife, a soul exist, because they are unsupported by good standards of evidence, and valid and sound logic.
These are the same reasons why I disbelieve in unicorns and bigfoot.
I am speaking about the topics and our positions, you are trying to force your understanding of dictionary definitions on us, then calling us members of different sects, if we don't exactly fit your understanding of the dictionary.
You do know, that the people that made up the word atheist, the ancient Romans, made it up to define Christians because they didn't believe in the right gods, right?
Thank you for answering my questions by the way.
I just want to point out again the definition of atheism which is “lack of belief in gods”. Are unicorns worshipped by anyone? Officially? If yes include them so you can be happy with this pre-programmed answer from you atheists and your fallacious reasoning.
Also I am aware of the origins of the word atheist but if we go down that route and trace things to Koine Greek a lot of our normal discussions would fall apart.
But my reasons for believing or disbelieving claims, has nothing to do with whether it is worshipped or not.
Because, even if someone were able to demonstrate that a god does exist, I would no longer be an atheist, but that does not mean I will worship said god.
I put gods into the category of unsupported supernatural claims, not in the category of things that are worshipped.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.