Re: The logic of atheism

Ron Peterson wrote:
Paul Holbach wrote:
Ron Peterson wrote:

Check on Humanist Manifesto III to see the change in humanist thought
on god belief.

What kind of change?

I think you can see that humanism developed as a reaction to theism
more than as a reaction to god belief.

THEISM =def
"the view that all limited or finite things are dependent in some way
on one supreme or ultimate reality of which one may also speak in
personal terms."

["Theism." Encyclopaedia Britannica, from /Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ultimate Reference Suite 2005 DVD/. Copyright © 1994-2004
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.]

The decisive difference between theism and atheism is that the latter
regards "the ground of being" as something impersonal, i.e. as
something that is not a self-conscious (rational) agent.

In a broader sense "atheistic" means virtually the same as
"irreligious", i.e. "being without belief in and reverence for
supernatural divine beings".

When I speak of "atheistic humanism" I mean "irreligious humanism" in
the above sense.
(The label "naturalistic humanism" will do as well.)

Occasionally on Usenet people
will claim to have no god belief but claim that some theistic religion
has been a great boon to mankind.

There are beneficial arguments for theism (i.e. the view that one ought
to be believe in God because this belief brings about good deeds
irrespective of its being true or false); but an atheist will argue
that the positive practical consequences of religious beliefs there
might be are outweighed by the negative ones that occurred in history
and still occur worldwide.

Regards
PH

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