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Player1x3 on 08 February 2013
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dsgrue3 said:
Player1x3 said:

Wrong. YOu have a very twisted definition of rationality. Atheism denies any existance of higher power (''God/s'', it doesnt have to relate to religion) despite the fact there is no reason or evidence to support that.  And thats all there is to irrationality. Believeing in something ( in this case that higher power doesnt exist) without any reason or evidence behind it IS IRRATIONAL, regardless if your belief is a negative form of other belief.  And by reason I mean the reason that supports your belief (that there is no God). The lack of reason for opposite belief does not equal to a reson or evidence to yours.You need something to support your own statement and you dont have that 

 

Okay, whats the reason for DENYING supernatural beings?  Again, just because there are no reasons to believe in them doesnt mean thats the reason NOT to believe in them. Agnostics have it right...they neither accept nor deny the existance because there is no evidence to support either stance. 



Is it irrational to believe that leprechauns or unicorns don't exist or the flying spaghetti monster? There is an abundance of evidence - open your eyes. Do you see a unicorn? Do you read about real life unicorns in the news? Do you see Unicorns at the zoo? Same is applicable to a God.

Becaue by definition, God would be in the news and in the zoos and it lives on our small insiginificant planet, right? Yeah thats a really nice comparison. If you're gonna resort to comparing a concept of higher power, something thats been recognized in logic, philisophy and orgin of universe as a likely existance to characters from stories from children, who can easly be disproved by using their own characteristics and background, then just tell me now so i can stop typing here. Also, please note I was referring to a deistic God/higher power, and not the one in the Bible and abrahamic religions

Agnostics don't believing in anything - they lack a belief entirely. Atheists don't necessarily deny the existence, merely disbelieve in it. For instance, an Atheist can be agnostic in regard to logic/philosophy and yet retain an atheistic belief. 

Same can be said for a theist really.