RE: Atheist Dogma
April 19, 2020 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2020 at 6:03 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 19, 2020 at 1:45 pm)Prof.Lunaphiles Wrote:(April 18, 2020 at 2:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Joe has no belief in gods, nor does he believe that arguments for gods are fallacious. He hasn’t rejected these arguments because he hasn’t HEARD of these arguments.
It is therefore possible that atheism is just the lack of a specific belief, no?
Boru
Joe is an agnostic, because he as expressed no preference.
This is how prof intends to use the term. Rather than an atheist, which joe is by definition, prof would have him be an agnostic - as though a person couldn't be an agnostic atheist, like the vast majority of atheists.
People who have no belief in god, but think that the answer to the question of gods existence might be unknowable or who simply don't want to commit to either claim regardless of the fact that they, personally, do not believe. These are not the boards pet definitions, and prof is not making some error in multiple usage. Prof believes that the definitions for these terms need to be replaced with his own, as he's mentioned in this thread and others on more than one occasion.
It's really not hard at all, and there's nothing wrong with the terms or their definitions.
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