Podcast: What is atheism? Is atheism the default position?
Podcast Notes:
-Atheism isn't the position that there's only the universe, or that a mind didn't create the universe. It's the view that at a basic level the foundations of reality are made of matter rather than 'conscious stuff'. Christianity is a variant of the view that the foundations of reality are 'conscious stuff' rather than matter.
-Is God-belief totally unreasonable? It's often argued that the best argument for atheism is that there's no evidence for a god. But it may be more of a 50/50 thing rather than a slum-dunk for atheism if there's no evidence for a god. There possibly isn't a 'default position' on the issue.
Title: What is atheism?
Time: 13:43 minutes
Size: 6.3 MB mp3
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Further Reading:
-An article on this.
-Atheism isn't the position that there's only the universe, or that a mind didn't create the universe. It's the view that at a basic level the foundations of reality are made of matter rather than 'conscious stuff'. Christianity is a variant of the view that the foundations of reality are 'conscious stuff' rather than matter.
-Is God-belief totally unreasonable? It's often argued that the best argument for atheism is that there's no evidence for a god. But it may be more of a 50/50 thing rather than a slum-dunk for atheism if there's no evidence for a god. There possibly isn't a 'default position' on the issue.
Title: What is atheism?
Time: 13:43 minutes
Size: 6.3 MB mp3
Direct link to the audio file (Right click and 'Save As')Link to the audio file page
Further Reading:
-An article on this.
Labels: atheism, burden of proof, faith, nonbelief, podcast
posted by Will G | Monday, January 12, 2009
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