Fencer
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I'm a straightforward atheist.
No, I'm not certain of that in the way I am certain of the conclusions a mathematical proof, but I'm not certain in that way of anything else either, for example of the accuracy of any particular physical law, or indeed of the existence of the physical world altogether.
It's just that when consider any concrete religious belief I'm aware of other people holding, I find the evidence against it to be overwhelming. I guess it would be possible to construct a belief so vague and general that one can't disprove it, but then it would also be one that has no consequences in the real world whatsoever.
No, I'm not certain of that in the way I am certain of the conclusions a mathematical proof, but I'm not certain in that way of anything else either, for example of the accuracy of any particular physical law, or indeed of the existence of the physical world altogether.
It's just that when consider any concrete religious belief I'm aware of other people holding, I find the evidence against it to be overwhelming. I guess it would be possible to construct a belief so vague and general that one can't disprove it, but then it would also be one that has no consequences in the real world whatsoever.