Hi! I'm an #atheist #humanist and #skeptic looking to respectfully engage online here with people I disagree with. And maybe people who agree with me too!
I don't believe in #god , and in fact I'm pretty sure no such thing exists, but I'm willing to consider the alternatives and change my mind.
Are you a #christian who believes in #jesus , or any other #religion , and want to explore whether or not you have good reasons to think that it's true? I'm happy to have that conversation!
I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong. Are you?
@lack picking up the gauntlet: I am a pantheistic agnostic. I unironically believe that hard atheism is a heretical branch of Christianity.
@b_chocolatey I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I usually associate the phrase "hard atheism" to mean "the positive belief that there is no God or gods". Do you mean something different?
@lack because it makes an argument that the universe falls short of some impossible ideal and then pronounces a death penalty curse against the party at fault. The argument that there is unequivocally no god “because cancer” is just a convoluted “you shall surely die” screamed vengefully at the heavens #atheist #atheism #christian #bible #catholic
@b_chocolatey I don't think atheism as I understand it, or what I mean when I say I am an atheist makes any argument at all like that.
@lack ok. Other than problem-of-evil, I have never heard even one argument for atheism that doesn’t work even better as an argument for either Deism, pantheism, or agnosticism.
@lack also, I’m saying that you can’t prove “there is no God” without also proving “there is no soul and no afterlife”. It seems that some atheists get lazy with their arguments and don’t realize this.
@lack “Is there a god?” “No I think there is no god, because Copernicus, Darwin, Hubble telescope.” “Okay, do you believe that you disappear when you die?” “Not sure. Who knows?” I’ve had conversations that go like this.
@b_chocolatey Under that definition, then, how is something a "branch of Christianity" if it claims Christianity is not true (and/or impossible, childish, etc)?