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"In our culture, as part of the so-called western world, there are undoubtedly components of Christian values. I think that among those values there are ethical and humane principles that are applicable to any epoch." - Fidel Castro

That`s basically how i think about it too, exept i think that believing in god`s existence is an important cultural value too.
I know people who, i know for sure, are smarter, older and wiser then me, but still believe there is a god.
Who am i to think i know better then them... ???

I just want to make my point here, the existence of a god is not the most fundamental question for a lot of theists (while it seems that for most atheists it is a fundamental question because of scientific implementations).

Someone can decide to rely on (belief in); culture, tradition, other people`s accounts, it`s own feeling, it`s own experience, extreme-scepticism, sceince, etc etc...
All of these aspects are reasonable things to rely on depending on your (philosophical) view on life.

People can see one or a combination of these aspects as fundemental and therefor must belief in a god or not, in order to fallow his/her own logic.

And this precisely why atheism is a belief rather than a lack of belief.
It is not the question of God existing or not which they lack belief in, it is the reasons for God existing or not which they believe in.

Note that being religious is just as reasonable as atheism.

anyway thanks for listening

>> No.2224880

>I know people who, i know for sure, are smarter, older and wiser then me, but still believe there is a god.
Who am i to think i know better then them... ???

that's gotta be the mother of appeals to authorities

also,
>Note that being religious is just as reasonable as atheism."
no

>> No.2224893

/sci/ - Philosophy and religion

>> No.2224983

bump

>> No.2225002

I laugh when OP can't "belief" from "believe."

Our high-schools have failed.

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>>2224865
>Note that being religious is just as reasonable as atheism

Looks like someone failed logic 101

>> No.2225857

So in other words acceptance of the existence of god is merely the acceptance of a particular culture? Sounds reasonable to me.

In fact I think this is a point a lot of /sci/ misses. Religion really isn't about what atheists assume it is, that is about specific testable facts. It's more of a social outlook IMO.