| Re: Did you "Choose to Believe," or "Choose not to believe"? |
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Group: alt.atheism · Group Profile
Author: cazayouxcazayoux Date: May 13, 2008 11:04
On May 13, 12:30 pm, asilentskeptic gmail.com> wrote:
> ...I am not a "faith" person, and therefore require
> something to be evidenced.
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> I am not an atheist because I chose to believe a god does not exist. I
> am an atheist because I chose to follow wherever the evidence led (and
> it did not point towards a god)
Hello !
I'm new to the area.
The statement above says a lot.
You have a 'belief' and you 'chose to follow .. the evidence'.
You hint that you believe there is no god because there is no solid
proof of the existence of god.
This thinking I can understand.
How can you state a firm belief that there is no god, when there is
a lack of evidence of there not being a god?
It seems that the athiesm you practice involves faith. You believe
even though there is no evidence for the belief.
I can understand an agnostic who states 'I don't know if there is a
god, because there is no evidence either way'.
Help me to understand atheism better in how it is not a faith
itself.
michel
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