"I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist"

[Smaland]

If an agnostic felt able to post the review below about this book, perhaps it is worth reading:

I am an agnostic who is looking for something to believe in. I have searched for years now, and generally am met with lukewarm explanations and radical fundamentalism from both camps. I am not self-righteous or pig-headed enough to categorically dismiss atheist or religious arguments simply because their tone bothered me, but it does get tiresome to be on the receiving end of what is usually more bitterness and dogmatic posturing than any kind of intelligent thought or reason.

Again, I'm talking about atheists as well as religious zealots.

Which is why I enjoyed this book so much.

This is a concise, well-crafted, thoughtful and thought-provoking piece of work. There is real insight to be gleaned from the pages, and although the sum total isn't what any open-minded person would call 100% convincing, it definitely gets much closer than anything else I've discovered.

Full review at Amazon

[Loki]

Cool. But I don't think one needs any faith to be an atheist.

[Methmatician]

Cool. But I don't think one needs any faith to be an atheist.

You must lack faith to be an atheist.

[Swearengen]

I think it does take faith to be an atheist.

[Loki]

I think it does take faith to be an aetheist.

No. As Despot said, atheism is about the lack of faith, or the rejection thereof. Atheists don't believe in anything, and insist that there is no such thing as a god. No faith involved, atheists are realists.

[Swearengen]

If you can't prove that there isn't a god, you must rely on faith that there isn't one.

[Methmatician]

I think it does take faith to be an atheist.

You don't sound like you have much faith in what you're saing

[Swearengen]

You don't sound like you have much faith in what you're saing

I don't like to speak without an I think clause because I'm usually too lazy to prove my statements.

[Loki]

If you can't prove that there isn't a god, you must rely on faith that there isn't one.

This is the same as saying:

"If you can't prove that the Loch Ness Monster doesn't exist, you must rely on faith that there isn't one."

Does this make any sense? Of course not.

[Loki]

Humans are not born with a belief in the Loch Ness Monster, neither are they born with a belief in god. Belief in god is a cultural concept that is taught to people.