RE: Attn: Theists - What would it take to prove you wrong?
August 17, 2013 at 5:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2013 at 5:15 pm by Captain Colostomy.)
(August 17, 2013 at 5:00 pm)Theo Zacharias Wrote:(August 17, 2013 at 4:25 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Also, becoming an atheist after being a theist is know as deconversion, not conversion, as that would denote gaining or switching beliefs. Since all atheists do is disbelieve, saying that one converts to atheism is not aptly put.
I don't agree. You should read the context of my posting.
First, I must point out that there are atheists who belief that God does not exist. There also atheists who claim to know that God does not exist. These people are also atheists (if not then what would you call them?)
Second, if you read carefully my previous post, here was what I said: ".. in the future I found an evidence that God does not exist (which in that case I will convert to atheist) ...". So the context is if there is evidence that God does not exist. If there is the evidence, then we should believe that God does not exist (not simply just disbelieve). In fact, we should claim to know that God does not exist. So in this context, the phrase "converting to atheist" is correct.
LOL. Asphinctersezwut?
