(December 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm)amkerman Wrote: Atheism is correctly termed as a belief that there are no gods and is no God; it is not a lack of belief, a simple lack of belief is agnosticism. Atheism is a conviction.Agnosticism addresses what is knowable not what one believes. Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of God or gods and also a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Quote:A belief that value judgements are true necessitates consciousness as a primary function of the universe, rather than a purely mechanical universe.No, that's a fallacy of composition.
Quote:If consciouness is a primary function of the universe;It's not.
Quote:A belief that this "God" does not exist is illogical. it is committing a fallicy of ignorance and contrary to all scientific observation and achievement.You mean an invincible ignorance fallacy, and no it's not. Define "God" first because I honestly have no idea what you are claiming to be true.
Quote:A truely atheistic world view necessitates that gravity does not "exist", laws of physics are mere conscious observations that have no inherent truth besides that which humans ascribe them. Atheism can not coexist in a sceintifically objective worldview.Atheism is but a response to theistic claims. Not the demonstrably real fundamental forces of Nature. >.>