Weak Atheists:

[Marek]

Why don't you believe that there is no God?

 

[Spinrad]

Was that on purpose?

 

[levi501]

define weak atheist

 

[Spinrad]

A weak atheist will make no definate statement as to the existance of a God or Gods, but has no belief in God or Gods. In other words, although a God might exist, we don't believe one does based on what we know.

 

[Marek]

define weak atheist

Weak atheism, also known as implicit atheism and negative atheism, is the absence of belief in the existence of deities...Theists claim that a single deity and/or group of deities exist. Weak atheists do not assert the contrary; instead, they refrain from assenting to theistic claims.

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[Eudaimonist]

I don't find the idea that God exists persuasive, due to a lack of convincing arguments and evidence.

 

[Marek]

A weak atheist will make no definate statement as to the existance of a God or Gods, but has no belief in God or Gods. In other words, although a God might exist, we don't believe one does based on what we know.

Are you saying that a weak atheist can still believe that there is/are no God/gods?

 

[Marek]

I don't find the idea that God exists persuasive, due to a lack of convincing arguments and evidence.

I think you misread the question.

 

[Eudaimonist]

I think you misread the question.

Then I have no idea what your question is.

 

[Spinrad]

Are you saying that a weak atheist can still believe that there is/are no God/gods?

All a weak atheist says is that he has no belief in Gods. A strong atheist states that there can be no Gods, a view I see no logical backing for.

 

[MuAndNu]

Why don't you believe that there is no God?

You're trying to trick us, aren't you? I fell for it, too.

 

[pinqy]

Why don't you believe that there is no God?

"To believe" is a positive statement and requires a positive reason. "God" is a sufficiently ill-defined term so that its negation is impossible in the general sense. At best one could claim belief that none of the speculated gods exist, but even that is a huge number of gods to discount. Add on possible unknown gods or the general Deist God and to make a positive claim is a stretch. For example, I assume that you do not believe that rusalki exist. This is probably because you've never heard of a rusalka. But can you state that you believe that rusalki don't exist? That would be hard for you to defend.

 

[Chavez]

I think that faith in something unknown is the real issue here...

 

[Spinrad]

I think that faith in something unknown is the real issue here...

Expand?

 

[sparklecat]

The same reason I don't believe there is a god: no reason to do so. There may be, there may not be. I remain open to being convinced either way.

 

[Chavez]

Expand?

Well don't you think this could be a major issue in all of this?
There is no way of clarfying for certain with hard evidence that there actually is an afterlife and I think that's what most people are afraid of. Not knowing what comes beyond the grave. Not knowing what stands even before the grave.
You're afraid to commit to something that isn't solid. Because that's all we know.
That's all we can fully understand.
For the average human...the here and now is sufficient. To have a perimeter and touch is evidence of existence. But spirituality goes much farther than he physical life.
It's like our mind and souls...you can't touch them...and even to spend time thinkin about ourselves [yes we do exist ] is really complicated. I don't think we fully understand ourselves either.
I mean...

For many people; Seeing is believing right??

but in reality.......believing is seeing

 

[meebs]

Me: weak atheist - i just dont think there are any gods.

But i cant argue there isnt one.

 

[Spinrad]

Well don't you think this could be a major issue in all of this?
There is no way of clarfying for certain with hard evidence that there actually is an afterlife and I think that's what most people are afraid of. Not knowing what comes beyond the grave. Not knowing what stands even before the grave.
You're afraid to commit to something that isn't solid. Because that's all we know.
That's all we can fully understand.
For the average human...the here and now is sufficient. To have a perimeter and touch is evidence of existence. But spirituality goes much farther than he physical life.
It's like our mind and souls...you can't touch them...and even to spend time thinkin about ourselves [yes we do exist ] is really complicated. I don't think we fully understand ourselves either.
I mean...

For many people; Seeing is believing right??

but in reality.......believing is seeing

I do not find this accurate. I have no soul or mind that exists or expands beyond my physical body. Spirituality is a lot like Values to me. Ephemeral and foggy.

 

[charmtrap]

Why don't you believe that there is no God?

Asked and answered a million times, but just to prove that I can be baited as well as anyone, because there is no evidence either way. Beliefs aren't rational in any case. If we're being honest with ourselves, we believe what rings true, not just what we wish to be true.

 

[kedaman]

If you avoid taking a standpoint by the justification that there is no evidence, then what obligates you to make that justification?