(December 24, 2015 at 1:41 am)Goosebump Wrote:(December 24, 2015 at 1:26 am)Delicate Wrote: I think you have something confused. Let's start from the beginning.
Atheists here combine two mutually exclusive views into one (agnostic atheist).
They justify this by saying "agnostic refers to their knowledge, while atheist refers to their belief".
JTB (which at least one atheist here seems to affirm) says JTB = knowledge.
Again forgive my obtuseness. But is not atheist one who rejects belief in the existence of deities? Also is not an agnostic one who thinks something such as "god" can't be known. How then are these Mutually exclusive?
Properly speaking, an atheist is one who affirms that God doesn't exist. An agnostic is one who neither affirms God's existence or non-existence. A theist is one who affirms God's existence.
On the internet, however, as a rhetorical move designed to avoid the burden of proof, atheists often redefine atheism to mean lack of belief, or something to that effect. This definition is inconsistent.
But whichever definition you choose, and even if you believe atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive, it logically follows that atheism is false or unjustified. See my argument for why.
