Idk i think atheism is just as presumptuous and asinine as theism.
Atheists don’t tend to fall down the nationalism - fascism hole quite as frequently, but they can be just as annoying.
I just don’t know what’s wrong with admitting we don’t know. We can’t perceive everything and there is still too much mystery for me to subscribe to anything. That being said, I do not use the promise of an afterlife to live well, I justify that by making happiness my goal, I just can’t say definitively there is nothing going on beyond what we know, spiritually speaking. I don’t think any religion has gotten it right because how could they if we can’t perceive everything?
I say there isn’t a god the same way I say the sun will rise tomorrow and the universe won’t blink out of existence. In truth, nothing is certain or absolutely knowable; there’s always the unknown unknowns and axioms which are untestable. But I have no reason to believe that lawn gnomes come alive when they’re not being watched; just because I can’t be absolutely certain to exactly 100% certainty doesn’t mean I also can’t confidently state that claim’s full of shit.
if enough people started saying so, would you think theres a chance that shoelaces are sentient even though theres no evidence to support that and all reasonable evidence supports the opposite conclusion? ofc not, so why should i entertain the idea of gods. hmu when you have some evidence.
Idk i think atheism is just as presumptuous and asinine as theism.
Atheists don’t tend to fall down the nationalism - fascism hole quite as frequently, but they can be just as annoying.
I just don’t know what’s wrong with admitting we don’t know. We can’t perceive everything and there is still too much mystery for me to subscribe to anything. That being said, I do not use the promise of an afterlife to live well, I justify that by making happiness my goal, I just can’t say definitively there is nothing going on beyond what we know, spiritually speaking. I don’t think any religion has gotten it right because how could they if we can’t perceive everything?
I say there isn’t a god the same way I say the sun will rise tomorrow and the universe won’t blink out of existence. In truth, nothing is certain or absolutely knowable; there’s always the unknown unknowns and axioms which are untestable. But I have no reason to believe that lawn gnomes come alive when they’re not being watched; just because I can’t be absolutely certain to exactly 100% certainty doesn’t mean I also can’t confidently state that claim’s full of shit.
Right? There is some hubris is this absolute certainty without room for doubt. Thats just not scientific to me, either.
if enough people started saying so, would you think theres a chance that shoelaces are sentient even though theres no evidence to support that and all reasonable evidence supports the opposite conclusion? ofc not, so why should i entertain the idea of gods. hmu when you have some evidence.
You are walking, talking evidence of militant atheists being asinine.
I will not be elaborating.
thats not kind
I don’t know you and I have no obligation to be kind to strangers. You’ll live, I’m sure.
just dropping an ad hominem and peacing is a poor way to engage in my opinion. be well.
I’ll give that, I shouldn’t have called you asinine. I will rephrase.
Your behaviour is asinine – and not making me any less annoyed at militant atheists.
im just enjoying lemmy