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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Here’s my take on this whole discussion. I think it’s a discussion of epistemology and a bit of butting up against the limitations of language.

You could believe you know the truth because you choose to follow what a trusted authority told you. This is faith.

You could frame it that those who shape their knowledge of the world using the scientific method, logic, and reason choose to believe they know the truth. But they don’t.

If you understand 2+2=4, it’s not a choice to understand it is true. You see the truth.

If you underhand the scientific method, logic, and reason, you aren’t choosing to believe things about the world. You’re understanding the truth of the world.

Furthermore atheism is the lack of belief. It’s not belief against the existence of god. Absence of belief isn’t a belief.