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No. It would be viewed for what it is. An abstract.Would an atheist have a harder time understanding, accepting, and pursuing an abstract because of lack of evidence and/or experience?
No. It would be viewed for what it is. An abstract.
Would an atheist have a harder time understanding, accepting, and pursuing an abstract because of lack of evidence and/or experience?
Historically it has been theists that have explored abstracts and the pursuit of science; so why do you suppose atheists might believe theists to be disillusioned?
agreed, the idea of love, hate, and honesty are abstract. but they can be observable as you stated as experiences, so yes they ""can be realized"" by their actions and not their forms....No. Love is abstract as so is hate. Honesty is abstract. Abstract things are ideas, feelings, and qualities that aren't material or concrete. I've experienced love before and hate from others. I have creativity and I have cried in sadness.
The concept (another abstract word) is easy to understand and accept. Many atheist do pursue love and happiness. I purpose the skill from creativity and mental clarity.
We all experience different emotions and other abstract ideas and concepts. That's part of the human psyche.
Now, if you're talking about abstract meaning the idea or concept of god, it depends on the atheist rather than atheism in general. God has many meanings to many religions; some are abstract others are not. Since some gods are abstract, one concept or definition of god would be love. Atheist do not have a hard time understanding love. There is countless evidence it exists. However, what we don't do is personify this love (and hate and this and that...). God as a being is a personification of abstract experiences.
We understand the source but some atheist want evidence for the personification of the source. That makes no sense to me; but, some atheist do it.
Not all.
agreed, the idea of love, hate, and honesty are abstract. but they can be observable as you stated as experiences, so yes they ""can be realized"" by their actions and not their forms....
actions are considered material things; otherwise we couldn't observe gravity, or electricity.
If this is true, which we believe it is, why would you say atheist don't accept this?
Historically it has been theists that have explored abstracts and the pursuit of science
I'm not. I'm asking if atheists have a harder time accepting these abstract behaviors because they don't readily have an observable form. I didn't state an atheist wouldn't accept them.
I can't speak for other atheist, though I don't find it harder time to accept these abstract behaviors because it has no observable form.
Do you think they have a harder time?
No, why would you think that?Would an atheist have a harder time understanding, accepting, and pursuing an abstract because of lack of evidence and/or experience?
If you want to play that game it should also be highlighted that atheism didn't exist to a significant degree until the last 150 years. Since that time atheist thinkers have made stunning breakthroughs in numerous areas, so much so, that theists are no longer on the vanguard and are struggling to keep up.Historically it has been theists that have explored abstracts and the pursuit of science; so why do you suppose atheists might believe theists to be disillusioned?
No, why would you think that?
If you want to play that game it should also be highlighted that atheism didn't exist to a significant degree until the last 150 years. Since that time atheist thinkers have made stunning breakthroughs in numerous areas, so much so, that theists are no longer on the vanguard and are struggling to keep up.
Granted, I've only read several biographies on Einstein, but I have never heard him described as "an advocate for Buddhism". Source?its no game. it just historically that theists have been on the leading edge of most research in all sciences. even einstein wasn't an atheist. he was an advocate for buddhism; which isn't exactly a dyed in the wool atheist.
Granted, I've only read several biographies on Einstein, but I have never heard him described as "an advocate for Buddhism". Source?
Again though, in the last 150 years, it has not been theists who have been on the bleeding edge.
einstein
OK, I didn't think you were being serious.
i saw that coming.
einstein did not believe in a metaphysical reality, nor he believed in the afterlife. on the countrary, he thaught that "the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions". and again: "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it".
as for buddhism , actually it is a non-theistic religion.
i saw that coming.
einstein did not believe in a metaphysical reality, nor he believed in the afterlife. on the countrary, he thaught that "the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions". and again: "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it".
as for buddhism , actually it is a non-theistic religion. and einstein was never an advocate of it.
Would an atheist have a harder time understanding, accepting, and pursuing an abstract because of lack of evidence and/or experience?