Brief History of Disbelief

00:00:13 "Atheism, a Rough History of Disbelief".

00:01:35 and much of that discussion is in the "Atheism" series.

00:02:41 It's not that you think Nature is God

00:03:44 You certainly can't be if it denotes anything supernatural...

00:04:56 I can't remember the exact dates now, or the exact times.

00:05:59 it was through thinking about religion

00:07:07 So I got interested in it and for a period I was influenced by that

00:08:19 So you get rid of the theological baggage of religion

00:09:39 and it still is to me a constant source of irritation and pain

00:10:53 No more reason to believe - there's no positive evidence for it.

00:12:07 So, what's the definition of God? The most perfect conceivable being.

00:13:22 except that THAT being existed?

00:14:28 you know... the best football game conceivable

00:15:39 That's why this argument is probably more important psychologically.

00:16:57 given the meanings in the same way that the argument for a design

00:18:10 in the Euthyphro argument.

00:19:26 He doesn't make it wrong by saying it. He can't do that.

00:20:38 but God gives you an extra motive to do what's right

00:21:47 which is the idea that you're doing something good

00:23:02 so why doesn't he intervene to prevent the death of a child

00:24:10 That comes from nature - God's creation, we're told.

00:25:25 he should not allow that to happen.

00:26:42 So we feel this metaphysical, existential aloneness in the universe

00:28:03 that the Greek gods don't exist.