I find myself not understanding the concept of atheism. Who wants to explain it to me in a coherent way for a beginner? With a metaphysical substantiation please, if that is at all possible.
@pauld@davidesalerno68@jordan_kendrick@economics@smithkm@philosophy You should read Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, especially his book Mystical Theology. Rooted in the Neo-Platonic tradition, it forms the basis of the thinking of, for example, Eriugena and Thomas Aquinas.
@Jakra@davidesalerno68@philosophy Standing on the outside looking in, its quite apparent that science is a human invention. Standing on the inside looking out, I'm sure that people are convinced theirs is the true understanding of reality.
@dingodog19@ber@philosophy Some do not understand that 'God' is beyond reality. God is transcendent, in other words, God is, as it were, the ground of reality.
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Oops, I misinterpreted the word 'metaphysics'; I was under the false impression it had to do with the supernatural. You can ignore the last sentence in my toot!
The reason I conclude there are no gods: I see no need for any to exist. Gods once were invented by mankind to explain natural phenomena, but nowadays we have science to do this.
I find it hard to explain atheism. The burden of proof lies with people who claim that something exists, not the other way around.