I still don't *believe* that you are an atheist, though you could still convince me. ;)
By my definition (and yes, strictly I suppose it's just anti-theism, so an atheist doesn't believe in such things as gods), I extend this to include disbelief in everything that is not provable, in short, denying a faith or belief in anything beyond the power of man's reason.
Personally, I find man's reason flawed -- I've been known to put more faith into woman's intuition that baldly stated "facts".
Also, the way I describe gods above isn't really how a theist typically would. It certainly goes further than would make an atheist happy.
My problem with straight-out materialism is it ascribes all mental functions as by-products of out meatly functionings; this seems no more valid to me than ascribing them to some unearthly spirit or soul.
As usual, I think there's a truth between the two extremes, but in the interest of pursuing a thought...
Materially, we *are* all one. I challenge you to draw neat lines dividing us one from the other -- biologically, chemically, physically, and even mentally. From earth we are formed, from earth we return. What's more material than that?
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Date: 2004-11-08 05:21 am (UTC)By my definition (and yes, strictly I suppose it's just anti-theism, so an atheist doesn't believe in such things as gods), I extend this to include disbelief in everything that is not provable, in short, denying a faith or belief in anything beyond the power of man's reason.
Personally, I find man's reason flawed -- I've been known to put more faith into woman's intuition that baldly stated "facts".
Also, the way I describe gods above isn't really how a theist typically would. It certainly goes further than would make an atheist happy.
My problem with straight-out materialism is it ascribes all mental functions as by-products of out meatly functionings; this seems no more valid to me than ascribing them to some unearthly spirit or soul.
As usual, I think there's a truth between the two extremes, but in the interest of pursuing a thought...
Materially, we *are* all one. I challenge you to draw neat lines dividing us one from the other -- biologically, chemically, physically, and even mentally. From earth we are formed, from earth we return. What's more material than that?