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Mariana

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6. Where does he get the idea that atheism is a choice?

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Tue May 30, 2017, 08:50 PM

May 2017

Does he have the idea that atheists can simply choose one of the assortment of supposed gods and decide to believe it is real? I don't think it works that way.

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Catholic Writer Thinks He Can Prove Atheism is the Uncoolest Choice Ever (He Cannot) [View all] trotsky May 2017 OP

The response is as simplistic as the original premise. guillaumeb May 2017 #1

And now you understand the responses you get. trotsky May 2017 #3

Gosh, he was getting all . . . epistemological there, wasn't he? hatrack May 2017 #2

Author is in the 'it was a joke' stage of denial. AtheistCrusader May 2017 #4

Jokes are funny Lordquinton May 2017 #5

LOL trotsky May 2017 #7

Where does he get the idea that atheism is a choice? Mariana May 2017 #6

Because that allows him to keep his religious worldview intact. trotsky May 2017 #8

I've read on this very forum that one can choose to believe something. Iggo Jun 2017 #9

It is possible that there is no free will and that Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #10

Choosing to disbelieve is a tricky proposition... Humanist_Activist Jun 2017 #11

That's quite a jump Mariana Jun 2017 #12

There are neurological studies that appear to indicate that Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #13