The Burden of Proof: Theists of SW, do you believe that an atheist has a burden of proof when it comes to their lack of belief in a god [Spirituality & Religion]
or their rejection of the claim that a god exists?
If you say no, then i agree. If you say yes, then let's discuss.
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An atheist is someone who does not believe or disbelieves in the existence of a deity. Many such living people exist. No matter how you attempt to twist the meaning of the word (and you must, since no definition supports your assertion) it does not make atheists any less of a real thing.
Oh, you'd like to say that people replace god in their lives with false idols like money or sex or pride? Fine. But those people still do not believe that those things are deities.
The intellectually honest thing to do would be to stop making that claim until such time as you can make a reasoned argument for it. But you're neither intellectual nor honest...so carry on i guess😁👍
1) that was not an answer to nor a discussion of the topic i presented here 2) i forgive your mistake because you don't necessarily know the history between me and this user 3) lol you maaaad.
@CookieLuvsBunny He's right, atheism is not belief system even though skeptics will say otherwise. The only atheists are skeptics lying 6 feet under their headstones. That's where atheism belongs.
@CookieLuvsBunny "There is only one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling: one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and the Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians 4:4-6. The Word of God. There's only God and it isn't Zeus. I take it that is how you feel about your 'god' being god then?
"Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes."
verse 47:19
So what makes your book of mythology more true than this one?
@CookieLuvsBunny @Pherick @Pikachu On the contrary, if man had his way, there'd be no God. As a matter of fact, if there was no God, man wouldn't even think, if that were possible, of making one up. The desire to seek out God wouldn't be in him.
@Pikachu Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Not even close. Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Not even close. Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. Are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough. Has rationalism in moral thought provided us with an understanding of what is good, what is right, and what is moral? Not close enough. Has secularism in the terrible twentieth century been a force for good? Not even close to being close. Is there a narrow and oppressive orthodoxy of thought and opinion within the sciences? Close enough. Does anything in the sciences or in their philosophy justify the claim that religious belief is irrational? Not even ballpark. Is scientific atheism a frivolous exercise in intellectual contempt? Dead on.
@hippyjoe1955 Is the universe fine tuned for life? So far we have not found evidence of life elsewhere, so it would seem that life is restricted to one small planet in one outlying solar system in one of many galaxies. Outside of our planet, the universe will very quickly kill us. Even on our planet there are places that make it very difficult for life to exist. That doesn't sound like a system that was designed for life.
What is scientific atheism? An atheist doesn't believe in a God or Gods; nothing more, nothing less. Is that such a hard concept to grasp.
