The Research
And my research about atheism goes on. Now I have to present this on the 25th of the month, I find it pretty interesting.
Theology: The study of religion and religious belief.
First we start with definitions.
- Agnostic: Someone who believes that we cannot know if God exists or not.
- Weak atheist: someone who does not believe in the existence of one or more Gods.
- Strong atheist: someone who assert the contrary position, that God does not exist.
The agnostic is not sure if there is a god, the weak atheist has no reason to believe in a god, and the strong atheist says there is definitely no god.
There are too many misperceptions about atheists and atheism:
- Being an atheist does not mean you have no morals. It is absurd to think that one can only learn morality from the church or temples. Atheists do not need the bribery of heaven or the threat of hell to be good.
The evidence? Although atheists make up around 8-10% of the American population, they are only 1% of the prison population.
- Atheists do not worship the devil. Atheists do not believe in the existence of Satan or devils any more than they do God, so why would they worship them?
- Communism is different from atheism.
Atheism is having the ability to think freely and draw your own conclusions. Both the church and communism are about thinking in ways that “higher-up” authority figures want you to think.
- Atheists are also libertarians. We cannot equate conservatism with piousness, most atheists consider themselves libertarians but they are also conservatives.
- Theist always say that they “believe in” when they mean “have faith in”. They equate believin in the existence of Jesus or God and accepting him as their savior. Atheists do not believe in Jesus Christ, The Buddha, The Pope or anything else but themselves as their “savior”.
Ever hear of Pascal’s wager?
An otherwise bright fellow for his time a few centuries ago, set up this table to counter arguments that there is no evidence for god and therefore no reason to believe.
Pascal’s Wager
If: And: There is a God. There is no God.
You believe in God. You go to heaven. Nothing lost.
You don’t believe in God. You go to hell. Nothing gained.
Black damn, God, Quotes, books, done, emotions, faith, help me, info, inspiration, interests, media, secrets & codes, study | icon في 8:38 pm
التعليقات (3)

