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I believe there is no God.

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I believe there is no God.
Edwardo Piet Away
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I believe there is no God.
January 5, 2011 at 9:40 am (This post was last modified: January 5, 2011 at 9:42 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Is this thread's title necessarily dogmatic?

Is the title necessarily arrogant?

Is the title necessarily an expression of gnostic/strong atheism?

I am going to dispute this last point at least.

Here's how I'm disputing it:

If I believe there is no God, that either means that I believe I know there is no God (gnostic atheism/strong atheism) or I merely believe (believe that I believe/have an opinion that) there is no God (agnostic atheism/weak atheism). Equating believing there is no God with gnostic atheism is a mistake because it might be believing without claiming knowledge.

Yes, it's true, it's possible to neither believe there is or isn't a God - you can be completely without opinion on the matter - but that doesn't imply that if anyone believes there is no God they necessarily mean they believe they know there is no God.

Here's why I'm disputing it: This thread is addressing comments on this forum that have been made that suggest that "believing there is no God" equates to gnostic atheism.
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I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:40 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Darwinian - January 5, 2011 at 9:45 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by padraic - January 20, 2011 at 8:15 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 20, 2011 at 8:56 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 5, 2011 at 9:57 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Ubermensch - January 6, 2011 at 8:29 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 6, 2011 at 8:31 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by The Omnissiunt One - January 6, 2011 at 12:55 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 6, 2011 at 1:15 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by downbeatplumb - January 6, 2011 at 2:30 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by HeyItsZeus - January 6, 2011 at 6:56 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Violet - January 6, 2011 at 9:35 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 7, 2011 at 7:49 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by theVOID - January 6, 2011 at 10:41 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Anomalocaris - January 7, 2011 at 1:00 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Violet - January 7, 2011 at 9:19 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 8, 2011 at 7:37 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by muhtesem insan - January 12, 2011 at 11:19 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 12, 2011 at 11:30 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by muhtesem insan - January 13, 2011 at 9:36 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 13, 2011 at 9:46 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by muhtesem insan - January 13, 2011 at 10:14 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 13, 2011 at 10:16 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by muhtesem insan - January 13, 2011 at 10:25 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 13, 2011 at 10:50 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by GANIMEDE - January 16, 2011 at 7:26 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Edwardo Piet - January 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by padraic - January 18, 2011 at 1:31 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by muhtesem insan - January 18, 2011 at 7:06 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by GANIMEDE - January 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm
RE: I believe there is no God. - by ragzy02 - January 21, 2011 at 12:50 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by padraic - January 21, 2011 at 1:01 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by Captain Scarlet - January 21, 2011 at 1:04 am
RE: I believe there is no God. - by ragzy02 - January 21, 2011 at 1:25 am

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