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Being an atheist doesn't need a "root cause". Believing in something needs reasons, the absence of belief is the default.
by Scarblac 3y ago
Being an atheist doesn't need a "root cause". Believing in something needs reasons, the absence of belief is the default.
- Fidelix 3y agoThat would be better described as agnosticism. In practice, people who identify as atheists - such as Dawkins - affirm that there is no god. That's a belief.
- tshaddox 3y agoBut it’s a belief about epistemology, not a bunch of specific affirmations about the thousands of deities and mythical creatures that humans have proposed. The agnosticism/atheism dichotomy is pretty silly once you think in terms of epistemology, particularly if you believe in fallibilism or even philosophical skepticism.
- neuromanser 3y agoAgnostic - I don't know if there's a God. Atheist - I don't think there's a God. Is that wrong?
- Scarblac 3y agoOnly religious people care about distinctions between agnosticism and atheism. Religious people can't even agree on what this God concept is supposed to be, but they can make fine distinctions in the ways people don't share their belief in it.
- Galaxeblaffer 3y agoof course atheism doesn't need a root cause, but you can still justify this default by trying to dive down into why it actually is the default and to me personally when i boil the whole thing down this is sort of the root of why.