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How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ ―William A Dembski Senior Fellow Center for Science and Culture Discovery Institute author Being as Communion “How to Be an Atheist is both readable and well documented both incisive and wideranging It is a wise book that exposes the deadend reasoning and ultimately antihuman positions of modern skepticism
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical Enough Atheists talk a lot about the importance of skepticism But the truth is theyre not nearly skeptical enough While atheists champion the importance of a critical stance toward religion they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ However more often than not atheists actually aren’t skeptical enough In this book philosopher Mitch Stokes demonstrates that atheists’ confidence in the supposed Godkilling “facts” of science math and their own reason all too often lulls them into a mindset that leaves their own worldview largely unquestioned
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ But the truth is theyre not nearly skeptical enough While atheists champion the importance of a critical stance toward religion they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs This double standard results in grandiose claims about the certainty of their unbeliefwhich is logically inconsistent at best and intellectually dishonest at worst
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ But the truth is theyre not nearly skeptical enough While atheists champion the importance of a critical stance toward religion they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs This double standard results in grandiose claims about the certainty of their unbelief—which is logically inconsistent at best and intellectually dishonest at worst
HOW TO BE AN ATHEIST WHY MANY SKEPTICS ARENT SKEPTICAL ~ Carl Sagan the famous scientist and atheist made the point that “if you are only skeptical then no new ideas make it through to you You never learn anything new” But can the skepticism of many atheists the thing they say encourages them to dismiss the notion of the divine make room for all that they claim to know
How to be an atheist why many skeptics arent skeptical ~ Stokes feels that atheists are not nearly skeptical enough While they champion the importance of a critical stance toward religion they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs Their confidence in the rational strength of their own position is
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Aren’t Skeptical ~ Atheists talk a lot about the importance of skepticism But the truth is they’re not nearly skeptical enough While atheists champion the importance of a critical stance toward religion they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs
How To Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Aren’t Skeptical ~ As Stokes will point out these skeptics may not be as skeptical as they make themselves out to be The book seems daunting to many Reading 240 pages about the Enlightenment Hume Newtonian Physics consequentialism and Dostoyevsky may not be your normal choice but rest assured How to Be an Atheist is wellwritten One of Stokes’s key strengths is his ability to bring abstract or advanced terminology to the ground level
How to Be an Atheist Why Many Skeptics Arent Skeptical ~ Stokes’ main objective is to show that atheists who often pride themselves in their skepticism are actually not skeptical enough They are skeptical of religious claims of course but they are rarely skeptical of scientific claims even though there is good reason to do so which is what Stokes aims to show
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