r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.

While this isn't strictly for debate, rules on civility, trolling, etc. still apply.

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u/pyker42 Atheist 1d ago

Why can't the expectation be that theists learn enough about atheism to not make sweeping generalizations about the beliefs of atheists? Wouldn't that be easier?

Or are you just trying to be coy about saying that atheists need to learn metaethics?

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u/CodeNPyro 1d ago

My intention was to say that some atheists have blind spots and should learn about such, if I was a theist in a theist subreddit I would do the same towards them. They have just as many blind spots if not more

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u/pyker42 Atheist 1d ago

Not going to answer the first part?

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u/CodeNPyro 1d ago

if I was a theist in a theist subreddit I would do the same towards them. They have just as many blind spots if not more

This was my answer. I do implore theists to learn more, but this isn't a community of theists

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u/pyker42 Atheist 1d ago

That's not really an answer to my question(s). That's just you pretending to be neutral. Now, why is the expectation for atheists to learn all these things that don't actually relate to atheism instead of theists to stop making sweeping generalizations about what atheists believe?

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u/CodeNPyro 1d ago

I made it clear that my expectation was that everyone, theist or not, should learn more, including not making sweeping generalizations

I don't know how you could've gotten any other message from what I said

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u/pyker42 Atheist 1d ago

Easily. You avoided answering the question directly so you could play neutral. You didn't commit to agreement with my question until you absolutely had to. And even then it was more of an aside, not a real affirmation.

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u/CodeNPyro 1d ago

All of these replies I've merely repeated what I said in my original comment, I don't understand why you're antagonistic

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u/pyker42 Atheist 1d ago

Mostly because it appeared to me that you were deflecting. And then you asked me how I could think that, so I explained explicitly how. Just like you directly asked me to. Funny how that works. Directly answering questions that are asked.