Another informal poll: Is trying to convert someone to atheism any better than trying to convert someone to a religion?

From: [identity profile] novalis.livejournal.com


Yes, because by trying to convert someone to a religion, you're encouraging them to move towards bad epistemology.

From: [identity profile] novalis.livejournal.com


That depends upon what sort of atheism one is talking about.

As I use the term, it means that my belief in God is very similar to my belief in Unicorns: sure, I don't think there are any, but if someone showed me one, I would change my mind.

This, I think, is how most atheists believe. We describe ourselves as atheists instead of agnostics, not because agnostic is denotationally incorrect, but because it has connotations of priors closer to 50-50 than five nines.

From: [identity profile] gemini6ice.livejournal.com


iawtc

except i believe in unicorns as i disbelieve in god. I believe that there must have existed unicorns at some point, but I know my belief is based on nothing. :)
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