Did Jesus exist?

[Existentialist]

Whether Jesus existed or not is of no importance to an atheist.

[Minimalist]

That would be true if there weren't so many idiot believers around trying to shove their myth up our asses.

[Anomalocaris]

Whether Jesus existed or not is of no importance to an atheist.

But a rigorous exploration of the topic does serve as a useful line of containment against the aggressive and despicable intellectual plague of the fundamentalism.

[Existentialist]

But a rigorous exploration of the topic does serve as a useful line of containment against the aggressive and despicable intellectual plague of the fundamentalism.

Since when did they set the agenda of an atheist?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Whether Jesus existed or not is of no importance to an atheist.

That statement is incorrect as a principle.

True enough for some atheists,including this one. However,that is due to my skepticism and general world view,not my atheism. There is no atheist position on any matter other than the existence of god(s).

[Existentialist]

there is no atheist position on any matter other than the existence of god(s).

The concept of god binds everything in the universe to itself. It follows that the concept of god's non-existence liberates everything from itself. Therefore an atheist position can be taken on every matter in the universe.

[Paul the Human]

Yes, but the atheist position is a lack of belief in the existence of a god and nothing more. It's true that this lack of belief will ultimately color how the atheist feels about a multiple of issues, but atheism itself does not imply any specific line of thought beyond whether or not a god exists.

[Existentialist]

Yes, but the atheist position is a lack of belief in the existence of a god and nothing more.

The atheist position is the belief in the non-existence of god.

[Paul the Human]

Um. No it isn't. It is a lack of belief in the claims that a god exists. Some atheists claim agnosticism and some claim gnosticism, but all atheism is is the lack of belief in deities. There is a difference between "I do not believe in a god" - and - "I believe there are no gods".

Both views are atheistic, because they both entail a lack of belief.

[Minimalist]

It's not mine.

I simply maintain that there is no evidence for any of the gods created by the mind of men.

Find some and I will evaluate it.

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Cheers Min