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Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist?
(May 20, 2016 at 12:35 am)wiploc Wrote:
(May 19, 2016 at 4:31 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You do know that the principle atheist position is not that "there is not a god", right?

You've got me curious.  Could you elaborate?

Sure. The entry-level atheist position is "not a theist". Since it's a response to theistic claims of belief in one or more gods, atheism straight out of the box means not accepting those claims prima facie. It's the position of "show me what you got and I'll consider it". As such it carries no burden of proof, as the atheist isn't trying to prove anything. Everything else, from the weak/strong modifiers to the seven-point scale, is an attempt to qualify the degree to which the atheism is applied, and may carry a burden of proof depending on the level of positive claims being made.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by Cyberman - May 20, 2016 at 6:03 am
Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:38 am
Can you persuade me from Agnostic to Atheist? - by KUSA - May 20, 2016 at 10:42 am

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