Yes, because by not believing, you consent to the conflict of reason against the believers. You merely chose the opposite side within the same conflict
That's what's called a false dilemma. A person who does not choose sides has not chosen a side.
Imagine they offer a pissed on breadcrumb under the suggested brand "vanilla flavored", a bunch of believers agree with it; now you come in; consent to eating the pissed on breadcrumb, and then choose to oppose the believers
Again, a false dilemma. "You're either for us or against us" is not rational thought. An atheist says, "I see no evidence that this is vanilla."
Some questions:
- Do you ever hear or see things that others cannot?
- Do you get the sense that others are controlling your thoughts and emotions?
- Do you feel that you have powers that other people cannot understand or appreciate?
Yes, because by not believing, you consent to the conflict of reason against the believers. You merely chose the opposite side within the same conflict
Atheism predates religion. So by your own reasoning, you merely choose to believe in something because before the invention/belief of gods, there was a lack of belief.
Being an atheist is defined by the same belief (god) the believers believe in
Haha you're not getting this are you?
Before monotheism, there were many gods (polytheism), before that there was no belief in gods.
Consider this...can you add any "new" information to reality,
But mysticism is not based on reality, it's completely made up like the unicorn.
Nature does not requires ONE to believe anything
No, but intelligent people observe nature and don't apply their own fanciful opinions to something that doesn't not exist.
You love your random dictionary definitions so here's one; Epistemology: The philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.
If I don't understand a particular mushroom, I don't proclaim it was a blue troll that farted them out on a Thursday at 4pm that lives under bridges. You just don't know, until one day that you do because you observe and study what is, not what you want it to be.
Conscious communication works like this...inspiration to perception (input); choice based comprehension (processing); action (output),
What is this beep boop shit?
Is one of your shakras out of sync or is it trapped wind? Stop breathing fart on me.
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