Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
So theists never do this but atheists do?
These are not immutable laws, I'm talking about the philosophy of each position and gave examples of where they are applied.
George Lemaitre never wrote a book called 'The Atheist Delusion' never received a Nobel prize for arguably the greatest scientific discovery of all time, and in fact his name remains in relative obscurity.
Theism does the same, only that its default truth is the opposite of that of atheism.
Absolutely not, theism is a positive assertion, I believe in God and am willing to defend that belief on it's own merits.
If I were to take the same stance as an atheist, I could frame my belief in God as merely a disbelief in naturalism- an a-naturalist- therefore the obvious alternative is the default truth until proven otherwise!
Works both ways- the labels do not change our beliefs
That is not a part of atheism. Atheism is a lack of belief in God and nothing more. Where do you get this from? Stereotypes? You don't think an atheist can be humble?
You're missing the point though, the fundamental difference is that atheism has an inherent added interest in a theory being complete explanation of something- because it would make God redundant. 'making God redundant' was an explicit feature of steady state according to Hoyle, Big Crunch according to Hawking, and evolution according to Dawkins-
their rationale not mine.
Classical physics carried the same implication for many- seamless natural cogs leaving no room for God. While deeper 'unpredictable mysterious forces' were the realm of the 'ignorant masses'. No coincidence that Planck was a noted skeptic of atheism
The BB was first considered 'religious psuedoscience' for the same reason, static universe models were much simpler, more comprehensive, God refuting explanations
Theism does not have this inherent desire to close the case on the most convenient suspect, 'Nature is the Executor of God's laws' The theist is free to follow science where it leads, over the next hurdle,
the atheist horse is more apt to stopping and throwing the rider (at the risk of stretching the analogy!)
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