I think Athesim too is based on faith because how is it possible to prove that there is no God.
Only Agnogists can truely claim to be truely un faith based. As they belief is simply they do not know because they can be no prove either way.
2007-05-17 09:47:56 · 12 answers · asked by Better things to do 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's absurd. Do you have "faith" that The Flying Spaghetti Monster isn't real? Do you have "faith" that Zeus isn't real? Of course not. You know both of these gods are not real because there is absolutely no evidence that they exist. Plus you can study the origin and evolution of their myth.
Your God is no different than Zeus or The FSM. The only difference is that you are delusional (i.e. holding on to a fixed false belief despite evidence to the contrary.)
2007-05-17 09:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the lack of belief in God. It requires no action. Some of us go a step beyond, like myself, and make the leap to say categorically, "There is no God." That, since one cannot prove a negative may be construed as faith to the untrained eye. But can one have faith in a negative? There is no evidence to prove his existence so why would any rational person even accept the possibility? If there is no evidence to support a claim then it is safe to say that not believing in that claim or going further and stating that claim is categorically false requires no faith at all.
2007-05-17 09:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by deusexmichael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, insofar as that you would claim that people believe things like "my house will not turn into ice cream" based on faith. You cannot know 100% that this will never happen.
Ditto: Atheism. In a large degree, it's a matter of semantics. Atheist/Agnostic - I've never seen a big difference between the two.
2007-05-17 09:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is Secular Humanism. They have faith in themselves, other people and Science. I am told by an Atheistic Friend (A card carrier) that the Atheist Believes they should act as if the person they respect most is watching over there shoulder - because you should be the person you respect the most.
And - like most organized religions, they believe they are the only ones who are right. :)
2007-05-17 09:53:40 · answer #4 · answered by Cindy H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is NOT based on faith. The base is logic... there are various ways of "knowing" things and "faith" (not the blind variety) in what someone tells you is true is only "faith" until you either prove or disprove their commentary yourself. So I'm sorry, but you're incorrect.
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2007-05-17 10:00:34 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. Atheism is based on faith, precisely because there is no way to disprove the existence of God.
An Anostic position is not based on faith.
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2007-05-17 10:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Upon which epistemological paradigm do you identify whether or no longer something is "logical?" good judgment, at its base, is rooted in the thought of verifiability. this is, something is "logical" if it could widespread to be so. yet via what criterion is one determining whether or no longer something falls in the barriers of "good judgment?" The disaster of religion is that that's based no longer in verifiability (be it historic, experiential, and so on.) yet somewhat in the ensures of God. In a feeling, faith is the only factor that actual "sees," for all human epistemologies are ultimately reducible to and equivalent with the relativities of the guy(s) determining the criterion for such.
2016-10-05 06:40:57 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, another falsehood spread by theists.
Another falsehood is the phase "you can't prove god doesn't exist". It is impossible to prove a negative.
Do you believe in Zeus? No, why becuase he doesn't exist.
Now replace Zeus with the YHYW.Simple.
My atheism is not based on "faith" or belief. I know that there is no god
2007-05-17 09:51:09 · answer #8 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are all agnostics, although most of us are in denial. I am a self-proclaimed denalist, because I know I don't have the answers but I still can't bring myself to admit that - wait, I just did.
PS: I'm atheist (in denial about being agnostic - it's embarrassing to admit that I don't have proof of God's non-existence).
2007-05-17 19:34:55 · answer #9 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, both are based on faith in someone else's experience or take on things. Mysticsm is based on experience.
2007-05-17 09:52:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋