nicknack28
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^^ This too. Merely conversationally I'm sure many atheists would use the word "soul" in the same sense. I know I do.
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I don't believe in disembodied spirits due to the lack of evidence, but I sometimes refer to human beings as having spirits, by which I simply mean their minds and personalities.
You are soul?
So they'd be convinced if they could be convinced?
Put simply an Atheist is a person who does not reject Gods because they want to they do it because they do not have a choice, they just can not make themselves believe something they know is not possible,Atheism is an intellectual position. What reasons do you have for holding that position? Your reasons are based upon logic and/or evidence or lack of it. So, is there any reason/evidence for you holding your position that you defend?
It's in the same place as the evidence to prove there is a God, or gods. Do you need evidence to disprove the flying purple elephant over your head right now? I think not.But where is the evidence to disprove there is a God? Without evidence it is merely opinion.
That's all I ever say: I don't know if there is a god or gods, but I have no compelling reason to believe there is/are, nor any desire to worship It/Him/Her/them. That's why I call myself an agnostic atheist.To say "there is no proof for God's existence" is illogical because an atheist cannot know all things by which he could state that there is no proof. He can only say he has not yet seen a convincing proof; after all, there may be one he hasn't yet seen.
I never said, "There definitely is no God." I (and many more atheists) have said, "It is extremely unlikely, due to a complete lack of credible evidence, that there are gods. Because of this, I am unable to believe in any gods." Further, it is even more unlikely that if there were a god it would resemble the anthropomorphic Christian version.So we have moved from "There definately is no God" to "I just don't know"
So we have moved from "There definately is no God" to "I just don't know"
An atheist simply does not (or cannot) believe in the existence of gods. They don't have to firmly declare the non-existence of gods as established fact.You cannot call yourself an atheist without declaring that there is no God. That is the very definition of the word. You would then be labeled an agnostic.
Read your definition again (emphasis mine).noun a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
But loving my family is a subjective, personal experience that applies only to me. I don't extend my love for my family to you and your lifestyle. I don't propose that you should also love my family. Regardless of whether you believe I love my family, I will continue to feel the way I feel. It's not a good comparison.If I were to choose to believe that you don't love your family. But I have no evidence to support it, you would say I was wrong.
Yes. I used to be a Christian, and this has already been covered, in this thread IIRC.So, my question to you is, Have you reasonably reviewed ALL the evidence in which you state your case.
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