RE: Atheism Destroyed in Under 50 Seconds
July 4, 2012 at 1:11 pm
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2012 at 1:21 pm by Skepsis.)
(July 4, 2012 at 12:47 pm)CliveStaples Wrote:(July 4, 2012 at 12:35 pm)Skepsis Wrote: Would a person who had never heard of a concept act in a similar manner to a man who has heard of a concept, yet dismisses it for lack of evidence?
Because if that is the case, then your argument that, in effect, those that live life as if there were no God actively believe there to be no God is a non sequitur.
I don't think you know what non sequitur means.
I don't know how a person who has never heard of a concept would act. There's not enough information to draw inferences about how he would act.
Quote:What does lack of action mean? Did you read what would happen to you if you don't make your daily three post offereings to satiate my dragon? I feel sorry for you, dude. And your brain.
I'm not sure what you're asking about. "Lack of action" probably means something like "failing to perform a particular action". I don't know, I don't think I used that phrase anywhere.
Here is the problemo.
You have a hard time taking in the information, so I will use little words:
IF there is a man who believes affirmatively there to be no God, a man who simply doesn't believe there to be a God despite being introduced to the idea, and a silly man who just never heard of God, in the same room with all other factors the same, would they act identically regarding a God?
It DOES NOT FOLLOW that lack of action = affirmative disbelief.
You made the comment that prgmatism only regards those beliefs that inform your actions. That was why I asked what inaction means, as it appears your pragmatic views don't cover that facet of belief.
Respond to my analogy: Do you affirmatively disbelieve in my dragon or not? I would say you do, according to your pragmatism, because your daily tribute hasn't been made and the day is half over.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell