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North Korea 'executes Christians'
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RE: North Korea 'executes Christians'
July 28, 2009 at 7:50 am
(July 28, 2009 at 7:28 am)Anto Kennedy Wrote: So why are certain personal opinions irrational and others rational?
I explained that.

Quote:Well there ya go. Atheism is irrational.
No, atheism is a disbelief in gods. Given that there is no evidence for gods, such a claim is not irrational. Non-positive claims (such as atheism) are only irrational when there is sufficient evidence for the positive claim. If someone uses atheism as a positive claim, they are doing so irrationally. However "positive atheism" does not bear any resemblance to atheism in general, which is merely a disbelief in gods.

You are taking a very specific definition of atheism and then (illogically) using it to determine something about the general definition.

It's like saying "George Bush was a useless president, therefore all presidents are useless". Just because one use of a word is irrational does not mean the word in general (or the concept) is irrational.
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North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 25, 2009 at 7:58 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Edwardo Piet - July 25, 2009 at 3:26 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 25, 2009 at 11:17 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Edwardo Piet - July 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 26, 2009 at 8:22 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Edwardo Piet - July 26, 2009 at 10:56 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 26, 2009 at 11:28 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Dotard - July 26, 2009 at 11:51 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Edwardo Piet - July 27, 2009 at 11:34 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Rhizomorph13 - July 26, 2009 at 11:49 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 27, 2009 at 3:55 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Dotard - July 27, 2009 at 6:37 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 28, 2009 at 2:50 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by allan175 - July 28, 2009 at 5:45 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 28, 2009 at 7:28 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Tiberius - July 28, 2009 at 6:05 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Tiberius - July 28, 2009 at 7:50 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 28, 2009 at 8:00 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Tiberius - July 28, 2009 at 5:29 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 29, 2009 at 4:36 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Dotard - July 29, 2009 at 7:36 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 29, 2009 at 1:17 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Tiberius - July 29, 2009 at 7:23 pm
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 30, 2009 at 4:30 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Dotard - July 30, 2009 at 8:03 am
RE: North Korea 'executes Christians' - by Anto Kennedy - July 30, 2009 at 9:13 am

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