One of the long standing misconceptions about atheism as a generality is that atheists "believe" there is no God. While this may be true for some atheists, it is not a hard and fast rule. Atheism is simply the absence of belief in a deity. I have no hard core belief that there is no such thing as a universal deity. I am open to the idea of such. I have simply found no reason to believe in one. It's primarily the Theists who force such assumptions to be universally true about Atheists.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > although i appreciate your stance in regards to xtians being unable to > substantiate the existance of their 'god', some atheists have taken > the approach that if xtians cant give proof, then 'god' does not > exist. this is far from true imo. if atheists dont want to state > catagorically that there is no 'god', then their message should be, "i > dont believe there is a 'god' but i could be wrong."...i have not > heard that message at all, but have not been in conversation with many > atheists who are not simply theist bashers, such as exists in AvC. > > one very simple observation i have is that 'just because one cannot > prove something, in no way indicates that such does not exist'. i have > never heard an atheist state this. is this part of your appreciation > of the 'god' question? > > On May 19, 10:23 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/5/18 ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Things I've learned from other groups: > > > > > 1. When it comes to atheist bashing, it is common. See: > > > "Atheists Not Fully Human" > > >http://www.atheistrev.com/2009/05/atheists-not-fully-human.html > > > > Despite being an atheist, I've never really had a problem with people > > bashing "us". In a sense, all they're bashing is their own inability to > come > > up with worthwhile evidence for the existence of their chosen deity. > You'd > > think in ~100,000 years of religion -- since the days of *homo sapien > > neanderthalensis* -- someone would have come up with some good proof. > > > > Back to the point, though... > > > > I am absolutely against any kind of protectionism when it comes to the > > debate of human ideas. If Cardinal McCormack thinks atheists are less > than > > human, then he should say so. Of course, my motives for allowing him to > say > > such things aren't pure: I love that the evil old bigot showed the Church > up > > for the vile and intolerant institution that it is and always will be. > > > > And remember, in the UK and Irelend these people run our schools... > > > > Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
