by confusedandalone 226 Replies latest jw friends
someone can be an atheist without attacking the beliefs of theists
Superstition should always be challenged. Its up to you as a theist to defend your extraordinary assertions of supernatural knowledge.
Don't get all huffy when you are asked difficult questions.
there are those atheists who actively promote the notion that theists are idiots and ignorants
That is why I always attack ideas not people. Theists often take attacks on their cherished beliefs personally.
I believe things should be challenged but at a certain point it becomes harrassment, especially when people try to continue things on unrelated topics. Thats where people cross a line (plus insulting redicule).
I learned in Law that the burden of evidence is on the side of the accusation, not on the side of the defense. If science admits that the existence of God cannot be disproved, why should theists be sweating to prove atheists wrong?
If you attack ideas rather than people, then why does it often sound like you're attacking the bearer of the ideas? For example, why did you resort to an ad hominem attack on me and my website when I posted a comment on this thread regarding how some former JWs turned atheists still carry some traits from JW's?
Eden
I only read the opening post.
If I annoyed you, I am sorry. If I contributed to you thinking more on this matter, you are welcome.
If science admits that the existence of God cannot be disproved, why should theists be sweating to prove atheists wrong?
Science does make many of the beliefs of most christians impossible.
There was no creation, no fall from perfection therefore no need of redemption.
If you wish to believe in god you need to take account of reality.
If you wish to preach theism as opposed to deism then reason has a lot of questions for you.
Moaning about the style of the people who ask you those questions doesn't help your case.
Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence.
why did you resort to an ad hominem attack on me
Show me this ad hominem attack please.
I think burnen of proof is on the ones making the claim of sonething.
Religion relies on the impossibility of proving a negative. All of them.
You forget to mention an important detail:
There was no creation [in the young earth sense] ..... you fail to mention that there are other views about the subject among theists. Blanket statement again.
Eden
onthewayout it was a combo of both rofl.
I actually thank you. The annoying and frustrating stuff really made me think more so it was all for the betterment of my thinking.
is betterment a word lol
Show me this ad hominem attack please.
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False.....by Thomas Nagel
Thanks slimboyfat...I've just ordered that book from the library, that article was interesting.
