Reply #111: "lack of belief is just a result of apathy or indifference or laziness"

[Silent3]

Huh?

How is lacking belief either lazy or apathetic? If you call lack of belief "indifferent", indifferent to what or whom? Some imagined rule you have that people must make firm yes/no, I believe/I don't believe decisions on various issues?

In my experience firm belief is more often the result of apathy or laziness, the intellectual laziness of rushing to a conclusion without solid evidence, apathy toward learning and investigating and thinking things through, a process which quite often leads a person not to resolute answers but an to an appreciation for complexity and doubt.

To quote Bertrand Russell, "The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."