My Escatological Vision

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This is what I call a classic cop out.

You may now proceed to add idioms to your ever-increasing list of things you don't know but should know. A cop out is avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty. I haven't chosen not to do something you insufferable twit.

You have a different interpretation of atheist than I do.

No shit Sherlock.

My definition of atheism is: those who do not believe in the reality of God, and instead believe in materialism only.

1. You don't get to have your very own definition of theism, atheism or anything else for that matter.
2. Materialism is a worldview.
3. Atheism is not a worldview.

There may be a more proper word, like am atheistic materialist or something, but for the sake of this forum I am using the word atheist in such a way. If it bothers you so much I will gladly began using a different term if you can give me a more appropriate one. Thanks.

@Rayaan I will continue to use the term atheist until a better term is presented to me. I understand that not all atheists are materialists, but for the sake of my point I am using a different defintion of atheists, one whic his commonly used.

I implore you to get a fucking clue and a dictionary; you may hazard a guess that sane people don't typically make themselves out to be complete clowns for the sake of their arguments.

ALSO lol " "the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges." The FACT is that man has ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE believed in God.

So you're assuming that because a lot of people believe there's a god or gods, it must be true. That's an appeal to common belief fallacy.

Atheists are a NEW phenomenon, and therefore in my opinion the burden of proof lies upon YOU sir.

Logically, atheism has been around as long as theism, if not, longer, but I wouldn't expect you to appreciate that. Sorry, but the burden of proof lies with you in this case. It will always fall heaviest on the party making the positive ontological claim e.g. "god exists".

Therefore the burden of proof is on you.

Shifting the burden of proof onto your audience gets you nowhere. Shifting the burden of proof onto your audience again and again still gets you nowhere. Put down your Bible for five minutes and read this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic...n_of_proof