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My argument for atheism +
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RE: My argument for atheism +
(December 1, 2019 at 4:22 pm)Belacqua Wrote:
(December 1, 2019 at 4:07 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: Let's say I recently purchased a home and every room in the home doesn't contain any furniture of any kind.

While showing the empty house to a new neighbor who has never been in the house before, he comments on how nice my dining room table is.

I look at him strangely and say "I don't have a dining room table".
He replies "I believe that you do. It's invisible and intangible, but I can clearly feel it's presence in your dining room."

He holds this belief to be true.
I do not have such a belief.

Are you really asking what my argument is for not having a delusion ?

You don't seem to have any invisible, intangible squids swimming around your house. What argument can you give to support this ?

I just find the question itself to be kinda stupid.

You find it stupid because you assume that God would be visible and tangible in the way that a table is tangible. 

I agree that the man in your example is strange, because tables are in fact visible and tangible. But you'd need to demonstrate two things:

1) God is knowable through the same kind of evidence, and
2) there is no evidence of any kind for God.

These two things may well be true. They may be entirely reasonable positions to hold. But they are still epistemological positions that you hold. They are not nothing. They are the basis of your current atheism.

I didn't assume anything.
You assumed that I assumed something.
You were wrong.

Real tables are visible & tangible, but imaginary tables are not.
Having a delusion about an invisible & intangible table is not a reasonable position to hold.

You also assume that I must hold some epistemological position about the existence or non existence of someone else's delusion.
Again you would be wrong.

Another person's delusion has nothing to do with me.
I don't have to formulate an argument about why I don't have a delusion.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result
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My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 22, 2019 at 10:22 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Southern Atheist - November 22, 2019 at 11:12 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 4:06 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 4:09 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Southern Atheist - November 23, 2019 at 4:34 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by brewer - November 22, 2019 at 11:15 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2019 at 6:43 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Grandizer - November 23, 2019 at 6:57 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - November 23, 2019 at 7:19 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 7:46 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2019 at 8:17 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 8:31 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Alex K - November 23, 2019 at 9:21 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 9:37 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Foxaèr - November 23, 2019 at 9:54 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - November 23, 2019 at 10:39 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Alex K - November 23, 2019 at 11:43 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - November 23, 2019 at 4:00 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 4:02 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 4:12 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Alex K - November 28, 2019 at 11:50 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - November 23, 2019 at 4:10 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 5:12 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Southern Atheist - November 23, 2019 at 5:33 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Grandizer - November 23, 2019 at 7:23 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 7:05 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by notimportant1234 - November 23, 2019 at 7:10 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 7:26 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Grandizer - November 23, 2019 at 7:38 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 23, 2019 at 7:47 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - November 23, 2019 at 10:30 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 24, 2019 at 6:18 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 24, 2019 at 10:59 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - November 25, 2019 at 3:48 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 26, 2019 at 9:42 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - November 24, 2019 at 11:14 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 24, 2019 at 11:45 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 26, 2019 at 5:53 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - November 26, 2019 at 9:09 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - November 27, 2019 at 9:39 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 27, 2019 at 5:47 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - November 28, 2019 at 4:12 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Grandizer - November 28, 2019 at 7:08 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 28, 2019 at 7:53 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - December 1, 2019 at 8:55 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - November 26, 2019 at 5:58 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - November 27, 2019 at 12:50 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 27, 2019 at 5:24 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 28, 2019 at 8:38 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 28, 2019 at 5:39 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 30, 2019 at 8:24 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2019 at 8:56 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 1, 2019 at 9:21 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2019 at 10:27 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - November 29, 2019 at 12:08 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by R00tKiT - November 29, 2019 at 4:25 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 29, 2019 at 5:19 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Apathyst - November 29, 2019 at 6:58 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 29, 2019 at 7:27 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Apathyst - November 29, 2019 at 9:54 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - November 29, 2019 at 10:08 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - November 30, 2019 at 9:03 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - November 30, 2019 at 10:05 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Apathyst - November 30, 2019 at 3:11 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2019 at 3:19 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Sal - November 30, 2019 at 7:43 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - November 30, 2019 at 3:24 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Apathyst - November 30, 2019 at 4:04 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - November 30, 2019 at 11:56 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 1, 2019 at 4:36 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - December 1, 2019 at 4:07 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 1, 2019 at 4:22 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - December 2, 2019 at 1:36 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Sal - December 6, 2019 at 12:48 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 6, 2019 at 3:06 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - December 9, 2019 at 5:11 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 10, 2019 at 2:50 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 10, 2019 at 4:50 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 10, 2019 at 6:34 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 10, 2019 at 7:01 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by LadyForCamus - December 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 18, 2019 at 4:07 am
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 20, 2019 at 6:39 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 1, 2019 at 6:31 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Paleophyte - December 1, 2019 at 10:46 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 3, 2019 at 12:51 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Paleophyte - December 3, 2019 at 11:58 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 4, 2019 at 3:26 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 1, 2019 at 6:42 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by LastPoet - December 2, 2019 at 1:56 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 2, 2019 at 2:46 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Succubus - December 2, 2019 at 3:36 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Yukon_Jack - December 2, 2019 at 7:26 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - December 3, 2019 at 9:41 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 4, 2019 at 5:22 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Fake Messiah - December 5, 2019 at 12:13 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Lek - December 5, 2019 at 1:49 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 5, 2019 at 2:12 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Lek - December 5, 2019 at 5:21 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 5, 2019 at 7:31 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2019 at 3:32 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 9, 2019 at 2:46 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 6, 2019 at 6:45 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - December 6, 2019 at 10:35 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Rahn127 - December 9, 2019 at 12:03 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - December 10, 2019 at 10:40 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 10, 2019 at 11:09 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 10, 2019 at 6:18 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 10, 2019 at 7:01 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 11, 2019 at 6:31 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 11, 2019 at 7:09 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - December 12, 2019 at 3:27 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 12, 2019 at 5:51 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 11, 2019 at 11:21 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - December 11, 2019 at 10:09 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by EgoDeath - December 12, 2019 at 5:54 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - December 16, 2019 at 11:14 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Mister Agenda - December 17, 2019 at 10:19 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - December 20, 2019 at 6:48 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by Objectivist - February 13, 2020 at 7:49 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Tom Fearnley - February 14, 2020 at 1:50 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - February 14, 2020 at 2:24 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - February 14, 2020 at 4:25 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 14, 2020 at 4:42 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - February 14, 2020 at 5:41 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Belacqua - February 14, 2020 at 6:12 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 14, 2020 at 6:26 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - February 14, 2020 at 6:39 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Fake Messiah - February 14, 2020 at 4:56 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Agnostico - February 15, 2020 at 6:35 am
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by LadyForCamus - March 7, 2020 at 6:49 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - March 7, 2020 at 6:15 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Abaddon_ire - March 7, 2020 at 6:50 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - March 15, 2020 at 11:53 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Fake Messiah - March 16, 2020 at 10:19 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Succubus#2 - March 29, 2020 at 2:48 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - March 29, 2020 at 2:26 pm
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RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - April 19, 2020 at 10:26 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by The Grand Nudger - April 19, 2020 at 11:22 pm
RE: My argument for atheism + - by snowtracks - April 20, 2020 at 1:10 am
RE: My argument for atheism + - by Peebo-Thuhlu - April 20, 2020 at 2:13 am
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