In my brief tenure on Yahoo Answers it appears that most athiests hold that all knowledge is gathered through sensory experience alone.
This cuts out consideration of many or any ideas put forward by Kant, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Thoreau, Jung, Kierkegaard and others. Are things really this polarized or is it a premature assumption on my part?
2006-11-10 19:33:46 · 11 answers · asked by Tommy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is not a pre-mature assumption on your part.
The Atheists here are the great and powerful Oz, they know all.
I am being sarcastic, of course...They do not know all, they only wrongly assume that they do.
2006-11-10 19:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
My atheism is a result of science. I could sit here and write out a 300 page essay as to what logical, rational, and reasonable thesis that I have. But that would be too close to "sitting in church" being bored to death with someone else's ideas, which is all church and the Buy-Bull are essentially.
I steer away from that. I try to shake the Leap of Faith that people take. As I want factual evidence that a creator exists. If so, what created that creator and it's predecessor etc.
The Bible is a great source for: moral code, ethics, some laws, and teaching lessons. However, the bible was never intended to explain anything else. Therefore, in the field of science we have to rule it out and rule out it's beliefs. To prove that bible was true would shake the foundation of every theist, that's too bad for their "Faith."
2006-11-10 19:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jimmy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The most effective means of learnign is though expeience and experimentation. Sensory experience is the primary interface for people in the world.
2006-11-10 19:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by Wonder Weirdo 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think you are premature. If you watch you will notice that there are Atheists classing themselves as Buddhist or one of several several other non theist or deist belief systems.
2006-11-10 19:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Barabas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assumption on your part. Come on, do you really think this website portrays the best of any group? This is a dumping ground for people who think they're smarter than they are. How self incriminating can I be? :)
2006-11-10 19:37:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am an atheist. I just don't waste time with such ideas or assumptions.
2006-11-10 19:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you forgot Aquinas. I'll go with that other guy, what other way is there to gain knowledge, other that the senses?
2006-11-10 19:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't have to be more intelligent than anyone else to know that god isn't real. It's really just basic asking yourself questions and using your own logic.
2006-11-10 19:40:36 · answer #8 · answered by ....... 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah. I am sure it is.
Even though I have no idea what the hell you are talking about.
2006-11-10 20:29:13 · answer #9 · answered by John Q. Public 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shallow too
u think all answers are written in history and not in every unfolding moment of creation and present moment
2006-11-10 19:37:47 · answer #10 · answered by q6656303 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋