RE: The main reason I'm an atheist
April 24, 2016 at 2:16 am
(This post was last modified: April 24, 2016 at 2:18 am by robvalue.)
We could replace him with a word salad / emoji algorithm and no one would notice. Not even him He's a troll.
I had a thought about the definitions of atheism. It's generally put forward as:
1) A lack of belief in God
Or
2) The belief that there is no God
I realised this is dumb. Firstly because the second definition is just plain wrong; that is a subset of atheism. But I know a lot of people misuse language so much that they have to dictify it.
Secondly, the first definition already includes the second. Anyone who has a belief there is no God automatically lacks belief there is a God. This isn't an either / or. The first definition is all atheists; the second is strong atheists.
To make these definitions more worthwhile, for people who insist on splitting them, the first one should be:
1) A lack of beliefs about God
In other words, no beliefs. No belief there is a god, no belief there isn't. Then 1 would be weak atheism, and 2 strong atheism. As it is, it's rather stupid. It would be like defining a cool-car to be a car with 8 or 9 wheels, OR a car with 8 wheels.
I had a thought about the definitions of atheism. It's generally put forward as:
1) A lack of belief in God
Or
2) The belief that there is no God
I realised this is dumb. Firstly because the second definition is just plain wrong; that is a subset of atheism. But I know a lot of people misuse language so much that they have to dictify it.
Secondly, the first definition already includes the second. Anyone who has a belief there is no God automatically lacks belief there is a God. This isn't an either / or. The first definition is all atheists; the second is strong atheists.
To make these definitions more worthwhile, for people who insist on splitting them, the first one should be:
1) A lack of beliefs about God
In other words, no beliefs. No belief there is a god, no belief there isn't. Then 1 would be weak atheism, and 2 strong atheism. As it is, it's rather stupid. It would be like defining a cool-car to be a car with 8 or 9 wheels, OR a car with 8 wheels.
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