Seeking Truth and Belief
Seeking Truth and Belief Have we not discussed this before? And yet you purposely evade again, the core premise? Let's make this more personal, shall we? Atheism is a position on God. That God does not exist. And it is foolish to play with this definition - we can ask the atheist simply, do you believe there is a God? And the intellectually honest answer is - No. The key question is - is one seeking Truth. Since we cannot prove empirically (as within science) whether God or "no God" (since God is beyond time and space (attributes of the universe) whether created or by brute force (just is), we can truly only say "we do not know." Which is more akin to an agnostic position. And yet even the theist cannot say "I know there is a God". Any position on God must be "we simply do not know" - except by faith - in any case. Which renders us All legitimately as seekers. Unless we merely have become complacent and have chosen not to seek. A...