I once seriously irritated an antitheist by placing the onus of proof on them because I wasn't trying to convince them of the reality of gods, they were trying to convince me of the unreality of gods. I don't need to prove anything- which is good because I realize that I can't.
I you don't expect to convince anyone of the validity of your beliefs than "anti-theists" should leave you alone in return, I agree. But the moment you try to convince me, I'll be demanding evidence! Dawkins' book, of course, was written, first, to argue that what evidence there is supports a purely mechanistic universe as more likely (I think in another comment you suggested the most reasonable opinion is agnosticism, which is an argument Dawkins addresses directly and, to my mind, convincingly) and, second, to counter those deists who do run around proseletyzing.
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dancing_serpent
Re: I wish I Could be an Atheist Sometimes
Date: 2007-03-03 06:42 pm (UTC)I you don't expect to convince anyone of the validity of your beliefs than "anti-theists" should leave you alone in return, I agree. But the moment you try to convince me, I'll be demanding evidence! Dawkins' book, of course, was written, first, to argue that what evidence there is supports a purely mechanistic universe as more likely (I think in another comment you suggested the most reasonable opinion is agnosticism, which is an argument Dawkins addresses directly and, to my mind, convincingly) and, second, to counter those deists who do run around proseletyzing.