RE: Is the Atheism/Theism belief/disbelief a false dichotomy? are there other options?
October 4, 2015 at 1:18 am
(October 4, 2015 at 1:12 am)KevinM1 Wrote:(October 4, 2015 at 12:50 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Okay here is the answer to your question. Belief as state uses boolean logic. Either you in something or you don't. If you say "I don't know what to believe" then I would say you clearly don't believe. I do note that some theists may use that phrase to denote confusion, but in that moment they usually still actually believe.
I think it's more apt to say belief is like database logic, where the states are true, false, and null. Null and false can be treated similarly in most cases, but it seems to reflect the difference between the agnostic and gnostic variants of atheism better. One returns a negative result because they actively hold a belief that there are no gods (false), the other returns a negative result because there is simply no belief present (null).
You may be right. But on the point of is there a god yes or no it is still boolean.
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
