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Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist.
(December 8, 2012 at 9:01 pm)median Wrote: HA! You must have reading comprehension problems. Go back and read (again) what I wrote. See those quotation marks?? There was no reference to a deity.

You said "god Nagarjuna".

(December 8, 2012 at 9:01 pm)median Wrote: Your quotation IMPLIED (quite implicitly) that anyone who makes an ontological statement is "at fault" (of course you didn't define what this actually means). Do you deny this, or do you believe this?

I see you are backtracking now, with the capitalizing 'IMPLIED'. And yes I already denied it and explained it. Nagarjuna doesn't say "stating any ontological position whatsoever automatically puts one “at fault”". He says since he doesn't put forth a philosophical position, he cannot be faulted.

(December 8, 2012 at 9:01 pm)median Wrote: NOPE. I represented what you stated just fine.

Actually you say "I’m sorry, the ancient bronze age “nothing exists” argument is no better than the “Yahweh exists” argument. And I don’t care if you aren’t making that argument directly. "

So you admit you are making stuff up. I never claimed nothing exists.
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RE: Theism and Western atheism are on the same continuum. Both are realist. - by alwayson - December 8, 2012 at 9:19 pm

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