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Originally Posted by kurdt318
So, the true atheist would declare no position at all, on any such matter, until evidence is produced in favor of it. Then would this not make any claims of death being nothingness, God not existing, and the soul imaginary, unatheistic?
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The only way a person can be unatheistic, it to be a theist.
Death could be any number of things, but until I see evidence of ANYTHING beyond death, I will have to assume death to be exactly what it appears to be:
Cessation.
It appears that when you die, the electrical impulses in your brain, stop. These impulses are what your brain uses to determine everything about you and everything around you. When this is gone, there appears to be nothing left of what makes you you, except a non-functioning sack of meat with eyes.
Saying death is nothingness, is then just a simplified concept based on the evidence we do have.
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As far as a God and a Soul go............
I don't flinch when walking down the road, thinking I might hit an invisible wall at any moment. I don't fear spontantous human combustion, and douse myself with water hourly. I don't fear a monster under my bed that might eat my feet when I get out of bed.
I don't see any reason to believe that any of these things exist, until I am presented with evidence to suggest otherwise. You don't either with the exception of God and Soul.
Which you believe in without any evidence.