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Atheism Is Still a Belief
Atheists state that there is no God, or more broadly speaking, there is no creator. They say that everything in the universe has come about due to a series of random events. There was originally nothing, and then there was something. Throughout billions of years, life has come into existence through a series of randomness. Theories such as evolution and natural selection try to explain this process.
Atheists will argue that atheism is the default position. That is, the burden of proof does not lie with them to prove atheism. They say it is the responsibility of theists (that is, people who believe in God or a creator) to prove their beliefs. But in this video, I will argue that atheism requires just as much belief as any religion.
I think more often than not, atheists don’t truly believe in nothingness after death. I think deep down they think, or they hope, that there is more to life than just the physical world around us. Atheists will often declare that because they are atheists, they try to live life to its fullest – a noble goal. They treat life as precious knowing that they only live once. But I think if they truly believed in atheism, surely they wouldn’t care. It they truly believed that once they die, they become nothing, then surely it doesn’t matter what they’ve done in their life. After they’re dead, they won’t have any memory of having lived. They will have no knowledge of past events. They will have no knowledge of anything.
So surely, to be a consistent atheist, one must admit that life is useless, has no purpose, and is a complete waste of time. We’ll all end up in a state of eternal oblivion anyway. Why would it matter what we do with our life? The fact that (most) atheists state that it does matter what we do with our life, probably means that they truly don’t believe in an eternity of nothingness.
Nobody can know for sure what life is, and what happens after death. Theists will argue that there must be a God, or gods. Atheists will argue that there is no God. But I’d hazard a guess that everyone is wrong. Nobody can know, and nobody does know. If there are an infinite number of possibilities to explain our existence, then surely the chances of us guessing the right one is minute, or even impossible.
Ultimately, the only real position I can take is that I don’t know. And nor can anybody know. The term for that type of thinking is called agnosticism. I am an agnostic and I think that’s the only sensible position. Atheists might argue that agnostics are “fence-sitters” – that is, we don’t have the fortitude to choose a side. But that would almost indicate that there are only two sides to choose from, which I think is not true. I see no point in believing in something that we cannot prove to be true
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Atheists will argue that atheism is the default position. That is, the burden of proof does not lie with them to prove atheism. They say it is the responsibility of theists (that is, people who believe in God or a creator) to prove their beliefs. But in this video, I will argue that atheism requires just as much belief as any religion.
I think more often than not, atheists don’t truly believe in nothingness after death. I think deep down they think, or they hope, that there is more to life than just the physical world around us. Atheists will often declare that because they are atheists, they try to live life to its fullest – a noble goal. They treat life as precious knowing that they only live once. But I think if they truly believed in atheism, surely they wouldn’t care. It they truly believed that once they die, they become nothing, then surely it doesn’t matter what they’ve done in their life. After they’re dead, they won’t have any memory of having lived. They will have no knowledge of past events. They will have no knowledge of anything.
So surely, to be a consistent atheist, one must admit that life is useless, has no purpose, and is a complete waste of time. We’ll all end up in a state of eternal oblivion anyway. Why would it matter what we do with our life? The fact that (most) atheists state that it does matter what we do with our life, probably means that they truly don’t believe in an eternity of nothingness.
Nobody can know for sure what life is, and what happens after death. Theists will argue that there must be a God, or gods. Atheists will argue that there is no God. But I’d hazard a guess that everyone is wrong. Nobody can know, and nobody does know. If there are an infinite number of possibilities to explain our existence, then surely the chances of us guessing the right one is minute, or even impossible.
Ultimately, the only real position I can take is that I don’t know. And nor can anybody know. The term for that type of thinking is called agnosticism. I am an agnostic and I think that’s the only sensible position. Atheists might argue that agnostics are “fence-sitters” – that is, we don’t have the fortitude to choose a side. But that would almost indicate that there are only two sides to choose from, which I think is not true. I see no point in believing in something that we cannot prove to be true
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