Why Study UnBelief

[@haithamsamir7857]

Great Video. Thanks to all of you. Keep going.

[@lmratnapalan5069]

I don't understand some of the comments here. Dr. McDade's claim is clear and his explanation is well reasoned. The basis of his claim is that "atheism", as it is understood in the modern West, is not universal but has a context, and this context originated in the early modern period with overly rationalist Christian definitions of God. In opposition to this, McDade draws our attention to an earlier tradition of Christian thought (here represented by Augustine) that stressed God's unknowability. In conclusion, he suggests that modern Western atheism could therefore be seen as a kind of protest against a Christianity that has pushed the definition of God too far in a rationalising direction.

[@billkilpatrick]

so ... not playing tennis is a sport?

[@kamilziemian995]

I think you point is right.

[@krakowski-ruch-katolikow]

As much as I disagree with Dr. McDade on a number of points, he doesn't seem to be saying that "atheism is a type of religion". Rather, he's suggesting that people's rejection of Christianity has often been a result of an inadequate presentation of its main theses. And there may very well be some truth in that.

[@jaredmcdade8078]

God is love peace joy in virtues any other image a device of man verse or satans device helped you make the image.

[@walterwlodarski]

Amazing. God makes sense because it doesn't make sense. We know God because we cannot know him. Absence of evidence is the greatest evidence of existence. And, not being convinced is being convinced. Superb logic : A is not A. It's hard to find a more eloquent example of cognitive dissonance reconciled with further entrenchment.

[@krakowski-ruch-katolikow]

I don't necessarily agree with Dr McDade's every argument, but his point is not that "knowing God is the same as not knowing God", as you're suggesting. Rather, he suggests that an overly rationalistic approach is erroneous in that it tries to define the undefineable. The only thing this proves is that a certain approach is inherently inadequate. By the way, your nick name (or perhaps your real name) suggests you're of Polish descent. If that's so, God bless from Poland's capital city in medieval times.