RE: The Irrational Nature Of Atheism - An Explanation Of God, Gods And Goddesses
July 4, 2012 at 3:40 pm
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2012 at 3:53 pm by The Theist.)
(July 4, 2012 at 2:15 pm)Faith No More Wrote:The Theist Wrote:1. Atheism deniese the existence of gods.
2. A god can be anything or anyone.
3. Atheism is stupid.
Are you seriously trying to refute the lack of belief in god by turning the word 'god' into a completely ambiguous term? Do we seriously have to define this so carefully as to inlcude that atheism is that lack of a super-powerful, immaterial entity responsible for the creation of the cosmos for you?
If I were you I would be more careful in the future with calling things stupid when your argument to refute them is simply redefining terms. It makes you sound...well, stupid.
Moses used variations of the Hebrew term El, God, from a root meaning "strong: Mighty" in 1513 B.C.E. and you think that I, not atheism which came along thousands of years later and which questions those very writings, got the meaning wrong?
And I'm stupid?
(July 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: Not really. I simply lack belief in the existence of god. Can't deny something you generally don't believe exists.
Seriously? You only deny those things you know exists?
(July 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: No need for specifics, we all know what we're talking about. I.E - Higher power, supernatural being, creator of the universe, ect ect.
I disagree. There is a need for specifics, if fact that would solve the problem. There are billions of gods and goddesses. Your attention is focused upon 1 or two that allegedly don't exist while at the same time the generic term "god or gods" is used to define atheism.
(July 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: Lack of belief in a god or gods is stupid? Why?
Because it indicates a lack of knowledge of exactly what a god is. It isn't specific.
A god doesn't have to be supernatural. A god can be human, mortal, an inanimate object.
(July 4, 2012 at 3:37 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: For someone who claimed to have been an atheist for a good while seems to know very little about atheism. Now I really don't think you were being entirely honest.
Hmmm. You need to distinguish more accurately the difference between disagreement and dishonesty. I'm not dishonest just because I don't agree with you.
