| Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones —Bertrand Russell Unpopular Essays, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish |
Goodbye Burden of Proof April 15, 2007
Posted by Rastaban in : Atheologians,Naturalism,Non-Existence Arguments , 2 commentsAtheism is impoverished by the weakness of popular theism. Although God-believers are numerous, they are overwhelmingly advocates of revealed religions like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, which are built on credulity and faith. To put it bluntly, atheists are used to puff-ball theism. They rarely find themselves challenged in their interactions with opponents. The result has been unfortunate: most atheists have not developed robust arguments against intelligent or “informed” theism.
Atheology.com is all about rectifying this situation, of course. But first, what do I have in mind when I say that most atheists don’t have a robust enough argument against this higher-class theism? (more…)
