(June 17, 2016 at 2:14 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Do you think that that's how a strong atheist would describe their position.....or was it simply a convenient way to set up for the "it could be argued"?
-Anything can be argued.
I'm a strong atheist....I probably wouldn't be one if I could muster an ounce of faith for anything. Gods just fall by the wayside in that regard.
In the sense that making a positive assertion about a possibility without support ("there is no god" springs to mind), it could be argued that that is a statement of faith ... whether or not the person admits as much or not.
I try to be careful not to impute things to others, so I use phrases like "it could be argued".
I know that some strong atheists make the positive assertion that there are no god(s). It's been my experience that they don't seem to get so butthurt by challenges to that assertion.
