(July 6, 2012 at 12:38 pm)Taqiyya Mockingbird Wrote: Disingenuous fucktard. All of those AND statements contain elements that are not intrinsically atheistic (in fact they much more closely resemble xtardian thinking). You KNOW that, and you are just being a verbose asswipe. Give up semantic presitidigitation, you suck at it.
I don't even know what "semantic prestidigitation" is. Makes sense that I'd be bad at it.
What does it mean to be "intrinsically atheistic"? Where are my definitions wrong?
Is the following belief system atheist? If not, why not?
{"Causing harm is wrong", "Killing someone causes harm", "Killing someone is wrong"}
To my thinking, since the system doesn't include (or imply) the belief, "At least one god exists", then the system is atheist. If that's wrong, can you point out where?
Quote:Quote:Let's suppose someone says "I did this because Y", where Y is some reasoning that doesn't involve the existence of God. Isn't Y atheistic?
Oh, and a false dichotomy to stuff up your ass, too.
I didn't present any dichotomy. I asked if Y is atheistic; maybe it isn't. Maybe the question isn't answerable, because you aren't given enough information. I know how I'd answer it, given my definition of 'atheist'/'atheistic', but I'd like to know what the answer is according to your guys' thinking.
I'm honestly trying to have a productive conversation about which beliefs you guys describe as 'atheist'. I thought my definition was good, but apparently it's leading to wrong conclusions. So if you could help me out, I'd appreciate it.
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”