<When people find the idea of God incredible they are considering the principle of a supernatural being. In most cases they are rejecting Beings who have been defined in thousands of contradictory religious dogmas in ways which are not credible.>
Yes, I guess all depends on how much thought actually went into ones belief that he or she is an atheist. If one is simply rejecting the notion of the 'god' they grew up with or the gods they have studied and read about that might be quite different than one who is rejecting the notion of any higher power in favor of 'being the captain of ones soul" as the poem goes or the belief that ones conciousness comes from ones own body or cells after much thought.
<In most cases they are rejecting Beings who have been defined in thousands of contradictory religious dogmas in ways which are not credible.>
I would categorize most of these as agnostics if they really sat down and discussed it. BWTFDIK
<But if by "God" you suggest no meaning, definition, entity, or characteristics--then an atheist will simply find the matter irrelevant--there being nothing to critique, examine, or judge.>
But you could have an 'idea' of god... simply a 'higher power'. There is no need to examine, critique, etc. If god is omnipresent, omniscient, etc etc as all the mystics from all the major religions describe... then how could the fish describe the water?? He doesn't know 'air'... he can't compare.
IMO it is the egoic need for religions to know all about, describe, etc that has lead to what we now all reject. If god is omnipresent, it would be the unified field???
DAK |
