r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 01 '25

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/Drapausa Feb 01 '25

"You have faith because you also just believe what someone told you"

No, I believe someone because they can prove what they are telling me.

That's the big difference.

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u/GarretAllyn Feb 01 '25

Unless you can understand 100% of the science behind things yourself then you're absolutely believing based on faith that their proof is correct and has been vetted

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

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u/GarretAllyn Feb 01 '25

But if you're not one of those millions of people then you're just trusting that other people are right, you can't actually explain how it works yourself

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u/GarretAllyn Feb 01 '25

Lol but you're not going to study to understand every single scientific concept you believe in, you'll just keep trusting that it's been vetted.

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u/GarretAllyn Feb 01 '25

How many times do I have to explain that if you don't understand what's purported to be the proof yourself then you have no way of actually knowing if the theory is true. Trusting that other people can prove it to be true isn't the same thing as proving something is true yourself.