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That's rather hypocritical though, right? Athiests measure religious people with their conceptions of science and reason, why can't it go the other way?
by ben_che 10y ago
That's rather hypocritical though, right? Athiests measure religious people with their conceptions of science and reason, why can't it go the other way?
- chrishacken 10y agoSpeaking entirely for myself here as an atheist, I think most of us just want to be left alone to believe what we believe without having religious people constantly approaching us with "Well, you don't know Jesus, that's why you believe X,Y, Z." As if they're somehow certain that a God exists and that we simply aren't enlightened enough to see it.
- seanp2k2 10y agoI agree, but having some close Christian friends, I can tell you that some of them indeed are certain about some things. That's what they call faith.
- bobwaycott 10y agoWell, the devout most decidedly are certain a god exists and that everyone else aren't enlightened enough to see it—where it is the given devout person's chosen god.
- rishsriv 10y agoHitchen's Razor - "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y agoLike Hitchen's Razor?
- mlvljr 10y agoThis one may be undecidable and thus approving, per Hitchen's logic :/
- cholantesh 10y agoI try not to police grammar, but it ought to be Hitchens' or Hitchens's. On a side note, he is sorely missed in a lot of contemporary conversations.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 10y agoI agree. I did not agree with everything he wrote, but everyone of his articles were insightful and I came out a better person for having read and thought about them.