There's no real reason why it should be considered as "bad." It's really not a philosophy either, simply a belief that there is no god or supreme being out there. It can be a part of many philosophical outlooks, from phenomenology to philistinism. Loudly proclaiming to believe in a god of some kind is no guarantee of goodness either; look at history and the bloody chronicle of religious wars to see where faith goes far astray from the values it claims to ardently love. The men who flew planes into the towers on 9/11 were believers in a god. I would argue that what they did was not good.
Hew Hew
intellectually fulfilled atheist
i like that
personally i think you guys are on the right track
just because i believe that track is also going to lead you right to god
((grins))
he loves logic, reasoning and science
I'm sure he appreciates the debates among atheists immensely
premise 1) IF God exists God is a necessary being.
premise 2) I can at least imagine a logically possible world in which God exists.
conclusion) God exists in one logically possible world, He is necessary in that world which means He must exist in ALL logically possible worlds. Our world is a logically possible world, thus God exists.
Ontological argument given by Al Plantinga
still satisfied? maybe you like David Hume's argument against necessary beings. If so I would point you to the fine tuning argument by Robin Collins.
is atheism a bad philosophy...?
