RE: I can feel your anger
July 6, 2012 at 2:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2012 at 3:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm)CliveStaples Wrote: But why would it have to start there? That doesn't make it any more atheist. Atheism is defined by a lack of theism; "That guy's looking at me funny" is just as atheist as "That which can be proposed without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
No, Clive, the statements themselves aren't "just as atheist" as anything. Didn't we discuss this not but two or three posts ago? If those statements comprised the entirety of someones "beliefs" then that person would be an atheist, but that doesn't make the statements in and of themselves "atheistic" statements, nor does an atheist making a statement cause it to be "atheistic" anymore than a theist making a statement causes it to be "theistic".
For us to imagine an "atheistic motivation" it would have to begin with "I dont believe in god" because if it didn't, if it began somewhere else, it isn't atheism that's being invoked.
"I don't like chocolate ice cream, so I had vanilla." Do you imagine I had the vanilla ice cream because I was an atheist, or because I don't like chocolate? Is this an example of an "atheistic belief" or "atheistic motivation"? If so, I think you've created a pretty useless term to argue over.
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