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→Atheist Luke Muehlhauser on atheism and dogmatism
{{Cquote|...I am reminded every day that we atheists are not particularly more rational than believers.
{{Cquote|...I am reminded every day that we atheists are not particularly more rational than believers.
Denying the gods does not allow one to escape rampant human bias... We, too, are often dogmatic. We, too, abandon reason and evidence to support opinions that just “feel right” to us.
Denying the gods does not allow one to escape rampant human [[bias]]... We, too, are often dogmatic. We, too, abandon [[reason]] and [[evidence]] to support opinions that just “feel right” to us.
I was reminded of this a few hundred times during the week when I asked atheists to explain what was wrong with my [July 16, 2010] post. A few people gestured toward a kind of argument, but it was clear they were more interested to condemn me than they were to work through the logic of the ethical issues at play.
I was reminded of this a few hundred times during the week when I asked atheists to explain what was wrong with my [July 16, 2010] post. A few people gestured toward a kind of argument, but it was clear they were more interested to condemn me than they were to work through the logic of the ethical issues at play.