Assertion: atheism's belief | /r/HasProperty | justified
Facets:
value: epistemically
type: DEGREE
value: genuinely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: For example, it might be identified with any of the following positions: that neither theistic belief nor atheistic belief is justified, that neither theistic belief nor atheistic belief is rationally required, that neither belief is rationally permissible, that neither has warrant, that neither is reasonable, or that neither is probable.
text: Asking such questions is not designed to destroy truth or belief, but to ensure that belief rests upon genuine truth and is genuinely reasonable.
text: The goal of this approach is to show that the existence of an omni-God is so improbable that confident belief in the non-existence of such a God is justified.
text: If, however, theism is very probably false, then atheism must be very probably true and this implies (according to the defender of the argument) that atheistic belief is justified.
text: They believe empirical science is the only (or at least the best) basis for genuine knowledge of the world, and they insist that a belief can be epistemically justified only if it is based on adequate evidence.
text: The New Atheists also affirm evidentialism, the claim that a belief can be epistemically justified only if it is based on adequate evidence.
text: The combination of their reliance on science and their adherence to evidentialism entails that a religious belief can be justified only if it is based on adequate scientific evidence.