唯物主义者、自然主义者和无神论者长期以来一直在否认那些不符合他们狭隘、有限的存在观念的事物。上帝始终位居他们否认名单之首。

Materialists, naturalists, and atheists have a long history of denying the existence of things that do not fit into their very narrow, limited conception of existence. God is always number one on their list of targets for denial.

但公众并没有意识到，而无神论者也不宣扬的是：他们的自然主义、唯物主义哲学所要求否认的，远不止上帝。他们并不希望普通大众知道这一点，因为一旦人们醒悟，就会看清这些哲学让人接受的世界图景是多么荒谬。

But what the public does not realize and atheists do not publicize is that their naturalistic, materialistic philosophy requires the denial of much more than God. They do not want the public at large to be aware of this because then, the people will wake up and see what a silly picture of the world these philosophies commit one to.

例如，新无神论者所要求的严格科学经验主义——即唯有可被科学观察或探测到的事物才存在的观点——也必然要求否认心灵的存在，当然也必然要否认他人心灵的存在。科学从未探测到心灵。人们所能探测到的，只是大脑中的电信号，但这与心灵并不是一回事。

For example, the strict scientific empiricism required by new atheists — the idea that the only things that exist are those observable/detectable by science — also requires denying the existence of the mind and certainly the minds of others. Science has not detected the mind. Only electrical signals in the brain can be detected, but that is not the same thing as the mind.

你是否曾见过别人的心智？你是否体验过他们内心的想法？你是否感受过他们的情绪？没有。我们所能看到的只是外在的行为。他人的内在心智是我们的感知能力无法触及的。那么，这是否意味着我们不相信他人拥有与我们相同的意识？如果我们始终如一地运用无神论者所采用的科学经验主义标准，那必然会得出这样的结论。

Have you ever seen someone else’s mind? Have you experienced their inner thoughts? Have you felt their emotions? No. All we can see is external behavior. The internal mind of others is inaccessible to our perceptual faculties. So does that mean that we disbelieve that others possess consciousness like our own? If we consistently apply the standards of scientific empiricism used by atheists, that would be the inescapable conclusion.

这样做是荒谬的。因此我们拒绝科学经验主义，以及依赖它的那种浅薄的无神论。

Doing so is preposterous. Which is why we reject scientific empiricism and the simple-minded atheism that relies on it.