[Serious] Atheist Dogma

[Prof.Lunaphiles]

Yes, a person can think about things that no one else has ever had to tell them.  That's why a person can be an atheist before any christian anywhere says so much as the first word to them, and it's also how the first believers ever came to be.

The issue that you are beating your head against is not any inadequacy of their doctrine, but of your own comprehension.  Theism is not what you think it is.  That just -might- have something to do with why you think these terms need better definitions.

I think you have a misconception of what theism is. Using the term "believe" to define something is informal, if not erroneous. The description of ,"believe," tends to be in dispute as to what exactly it is. And I think it is an error for atheists/humanists to accept belief to be this inexplicable phenomenon that does not require reasoning, whether it be faulty reasoning, or valid reasoning.

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I thought the argument was the meaning of the word 'is'.

Well there are known unknowns…..

We have a ways to go to catch up with the last discussion about this topic that went on for three month and 1024 posts.

https://atheistforums.org/thread-57667-p...pid1892072