RE: Arguing with friend on whether we're cult-like
July 26, 2011 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2011 at 12:40 pm by Lauren.)
(July 26, 2011 at 12:26 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: As for repeating what other atheists said before, it is not dogmatic if it is accurate.
That's what i said but then I tried to find a dictionary definition of dogma to back it up and couldn't find one that said dogma had to be unsubstantiated to qualify as dogma.
(July 26, 2011 at 12:33 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: All babies are atheists is one of them. Rejecting a position (belief in a deity) requires some basic understanding of the subject, which to me makes the labeling of babies as atheists rather disingenuous.
But if your definition of atheist is "anyone who isn't theist" then it's true. That's the definition I use, being an atheist doesn't require rejection or understanding. I agree babies aren't explicit atheists, but they are implicit atheists because they don't explicitly hold the theist view point and are not theists.
Although I don't use that argument, even though I think it's true, it doesn't really contribute much.
