PHL 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Aikenhead, Regine Olsen, Existentialism
1 Nov 2020
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Atheists used to be risky back when religious conformity was the norm. Thomas aikenhead caught for speaking against the church and was executed for crime of blasphemy. Today, atheism is starting to resemble unthinking religion, does not question itself. New kind of atheism emerged as this tacit atheism . Many atheists believe that their position is obvious and beyond reproach. Ppl take tacit atheism for granted, see it as too obvious. Both dogmatic of their stances, very stubborn with views. Crave certainty, and need to be absolutely right. Believers are weak and need their religion to get by. Claims are applied to all believers in general. Ree says that religious traditions have developed powerful insights about what it means to be human that merit our consideration. Whether we ourselves believe in god or not is not the point. Intelligent religious thinkers like kierkegaard claim to be in the grip of an experience that is real to them.
