(July 6, 2012 at 9:11 am)CliveStaples Wrote: Right, but if you think God doesn't exist, and you kill people who think He does because you think religiosity is a disease that needs to be stamped out...isn't that motivated by an atheist belief?
No. Atheism isn't a belief, it's a lack of. Atheism simply means without theism. If you kill people for having religious belief, it can be said you're anti-religion, anti-theist in the extreme. Atheism simply means one without belief in god.
Quote:Anyway, that's how I tend to think of it: Theism and Atheism as classes of belief systems.Though incorrect. Theism is a belief system, A-theism is the lack of that belief system.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
