On: A Nihilist's Guide to Meaning

[ben_che]

That's rather hypocritical though, right? Athiests measure religious people with their conceptions of science and reason, why can't it go the other way?

[rishsriv → ben_che]

Hitchen's Razor - "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

[RcouF1uZ4gsC → rishsriv]

Like Hitchen's Razor?

[cholantesh → RcouF1uZ4gsC]

I try not to police grammar, but it ought to be Hitchens' or Hitchens's. On a side note, he is sorely missed in a lot of contemporary conversations.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC → cholantesh]

I agree. I did not agree with everything he wrote, but everyone of his articles were insightful and I came out a better person for having read and thought about them.

[chrishacken → ben_che]

Speaking entirely for myself here as an atheist, I think most of us just want to be left alone to believe what we believe without having religious people constantly approaching us with "Well, you don't know Jesus, that's why you believe X,Y, Z." As if they're somehow certain that a God exists and that we simply aren't enlightened enough to see it.

[seanp2k2 → chrishacken]

I agree, but having some close Christian friends, I can tell you that some of them indeed are certain about some things. That's what they call faith.

[bobwaycott → chrishacken]

Well, the devout most decidedly are certain a god exists and that everyone else aren't enlightened enough to see it—where it is the given devout person's chosen god.