Atheistic Theists

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[iwannnawatch]

It in fact DOES take faith to not believe in any religion along with believing in one. Scientology isn't a religion, it's bull crap based on a science fiction book, but to believe in something over something else takes faith that the thing you're not believing in is false and that the thing you actually are believing in is true. Back to the drawing board for you guys, I guess.

[CapnOrdinary]

Still not getting the point, I see.

Oh well, you can lead a horse to water......

[f1rz3nz3r0]

Your pronunciation of "Chews"..errr I mean "Zeus" is funny.

[CapnOrdinary]

LOL, yeah, I know ;o) The usual defense applies, of course: Second language. I could've just pronounced it in Danish, of course, but I don't think that would've been any better. :)

[websnarf]

Not sure your restatement of argument will work very well. After all, a theist can easily say "Yes, I *do* have faith in the non-existence of Zeus".

[CapnOrdinary]

Sure, they *can*. I'm 1) hoping they won't, and 2) of the opinion that if they do, they're not the sharpest tools in the shed... If they dismiss all possible gods on faith alone, *except* their own, then they truly are blind.

[cypherphage]

Your god is fake, and you are evil :)

[FHB71]

I think the best answer to someone saying "Atheism is a religion" is "And bald is a hair color".

[BaronGrackle]

@Ye4hBuddy Well you know, unless I'm a convert, which I just so happen to be. ;)

[Ye4hBuddy]

@BaronGrackle You're right in assuming that the subjective evidence that you talked about wouldn't convince me. This is because, even if there was a miracle that was completely, utterly proven to be done by a God or gods, it still doesn't prove any one religion. I also know that your faith isn't selected at random, it is selected by the geological location that you were born in.

[BaronGrackle]

@Ye4hBuddy Well, you know, we'd say there is evidence in terms of miracles through manifestations, fulfillment of laws written on our hearts, etc., but I'm sure that wouldn't convince you. I'm just bringing it up so you realize our faith isn't something selected at random.

[DetrivoreDesires]

@iwannnawatch ya that made no sence.

but um Im guessing thats why it was removed huh

[Ye4hBuddy]

@BaronGrackle To say that you must put faith into your belief system that has no evidence for it. Therefore if you say that by rejecting all other Religions while keeping yours solely on faith is a non-contradictory belief, then you are sorely mistaken.

[PhatLarkin]

@bassist3453 so is Jesus.

[winterstellar]

Why is it "silly" to be married in the old norse fashion? Most people in Scandinavia are atheists, of course also the people who marry in the norse style, it's just a way of making your wedding extra funny, extra memorable I think..and surely that can't be "silly"? : )

[BaronGrackle]

Now, surely you realized when you uploaded this, that we consider the nonbelief in Zeus as part of our belief system if we think about.

It just doesn't come up that often.

[Tom101229]

However, through trial and error insufficient evidence to support a claim or hypothesis is enough to validate the opposite if proposing to the following the opposite hypothesis given the same examination validates it.

[ktt808]

I'm curious about this video. Would you define atheism as A) not believing that a God exists (or gods, or minor deities, or the soul, what have you.) or B) believing that a God does not exist. The difference is more than semantic, as in science, a lack of evidence, say insufficient statistical power, to prove a hypothesis is not sufficient proof of the alternative hypothesis. I believe many theists default with definition B in which case one is beholden to prove God does not exist.