Athis Flashcards
Dualism
Body and soul distinct
Monism
Body and soul die tg
Materialism
Just body
No soul
Negative weak atheism
Does not believe god exists
Due to lack of proof
But doesn’t say that god don’t exist
Positive strong atheism
Firm in saying god doesn’t exist
Protest atheism
Revolt against god on moral grounds
New atheism
Religion is a threat to survival of human race
Strong agnosticism
Knowledge is limited so we could never know whether god exists
Weak agnosticism
Existence of god is currently unknown but not unknowable
Why wd someone be agnostic
Uncertain due to lack of proof
They don’t care enough
Have a scientific oriented mind
Agnostic meaning
Without knowledge
Neither believer or disbeliever
Buddha quote
If someone shoots arrow at u pointless to see who shot u rather deal with the arrow in u
What Einstein say
God don’t play dice with universe
Why did new atheism have huge growth
Due to events of 911 which was the root cause
What happened after 911
Muslims were demonised over night
Anyone that looked “Muslim” was beaten and killed
What does Dawkins say about religion
It’s an excuse to stop thinking with ur own mind
What are religious views of the world seen as
An infantile world view
View is puny in comparison to the truth
What does religion limit the grand universe to
Little medieval universe
Reduced universe to a childish view
God seen as a paternal loving father is..
An infantile view
Very naive
Reduces humankind
(He abuses u, literally child abuse)
What does religion stop
Impedes scientific progress
Stops people discovering knowledge of how world works
What are religious ppl seen as
Fanatics as they don’t change beliefs even if it is wrong
No matter what evidence is there
How do religious ppl oppose atheism
Says the arguments are not new an have been there for time
What do atheists tend to believe
God is a thing among other things
What’s an apologetic
Someone who defends religion from atheism
