Re:A Manual for Creating Atheists: A Critical Review (2014)
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:21AM
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That seems like an unnecessary complication of the words “belief” and “knowledge”.
Belief = assumption + ego. I prefer to use the word assumption, it’s much cleaner and means the same thing as belief, without invoking emotions.
Therefore I don’t see any difference in assuming or not assuming the existence of god(s), and knowledge of the existence of god(s), which are still assumptions anyway.
I’m only seeing the utility of defining the following 3 groups:
1) assumes existence of god(s)
2) assumes lack of existence of god(s)
3) assumes nothing regarding the existence of god(s)
Belief = assumption + ego. I prefer to use the word assumption, it’s much cleaner and means the same thing as belief, without invoking emotions.
Therefore I don’t see any difference in assuming or not assuming the existence of god(s), and knowledge of the existence of god(s), which are still assumptions anyway.
I’m only seeing the utility of defining the following 3 groups:
1) assumes existence of god(s)
2) assumes lack of existence of god(s)
3) assumes nothing regarding the existence of god(s)