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Annoying Atheist Arguments
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RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments
(February 1, 2013 at 7:00 pm)genkaus Wrote:
(February 1, 2013 at 6:04 pm)pocaracas Wrote: I disagree. Middle ground is possible as a belief.

There is no middle ground between true and false.
If your proposition under "test" is complex, there are shades of grey.
A simple proposition: 1+1=2, true or false? true.
A complex proposition: My keyboard doesn't work... false, for the most part, but there's a key that is faulty, so the keyboard doesn't work as fully intended.


(February 1, 2013 at 7:00 pm)genkaus Wrote:
(February 1, 2013 at 6:04 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Not as a rule to direct your life.... If I do not believe in the existence of a god, then I live my life as if that god does not exist.... However I will not claim that it does not exist... you see, I have no wish to prove that claim.... specially since I know it's impossible to prove the non-existence of anything.

That's kind of the point I've been making all along. Clearly, you don't believe that god exists. Your beliefs inform your actions, which is why you live your life as if god does not exist. You, however, are afraid of saying it aloud. You are afraid that if you put your belief into words, somehow that will require you to prove it - even though there still won't be any burden of proof on you and, even if there were, you do have some justification regarding it. And not only are you wary of putting your own beliefs into words, you go out of your way to argue at length as to why anyone else who believes the same thing should not do so either.

Ah, from my POV, you're mixing an assumption with a belief.
I assume there is no god.
I do not believe there is no god.
I do not believe there is a god.
I have no belief either way, but I assume there isn't, for practical purposes.
Belief requires me to assert that proposition as true. I don't.
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Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 23, 2013 at 8:20 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Shell B - January 23, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 23, 2013 at 8:57 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Kayenneh - January 23, 2013 at 8:34 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Minimalist - January 23, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Shell B - January 23, 2013 at 9:04 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 23, 2013 at 9:28 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Shell B - January 23, 2013 at 10:01 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Ryantology - January 23, 2013 at 9:31 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 24, 2013 at 5:09 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by jonb - January 24, 2013 at 8:45 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Mister Agenda - January 30, 2013 at 3:23 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Gilgamesh - January 23, 2013 at 9:37 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Minimalist - January 23, 2013 at 10:28 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by jonb - January 23, 2013 at 10:44 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Cato - January 23, 2013 at 11:00 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - January 24, 2013 at 6:46 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Confused Ape - January 24, 2013 at 8:11 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Minimalist - January 24, 2013 at 12:08 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by ThomM - January 29, 2013 at 8:01 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 3:31 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 3:49 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 3:58 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 4:19 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 4:22 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 4:26 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 4:38 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 4:42 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 4:48 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 4:56 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 5:06 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 6:34 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 6:44 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 7:04 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - January 30, 2013 at 7:38 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 7:50 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - January 30, 2013 at 9:31 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 10:21 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - January 31, 2013 at 7:40 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 10:48 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Gilgamesh - January 31, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 31, 2013 at 11:45 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 1, 2013 at 2:42 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - February 1, 2013 at 11:52 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 1, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - February 1, 2013 at 6:04 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 1, 2013 at 7:00 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - February 1, 2013 at 8:15 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 1, 2013 at 10:49 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - February 2, 2013 at 8:50 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Confused Ape - January 30, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Minimalist - January 29, 2013 at 8:40 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 6:36 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - January 30, 2013 at 11:45 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 1:42 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Brian37 - January 30, 2013 at 1:53 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - January 30, 2013 at 4:23 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by iameatingjam - January 31, 2013 at 10:05 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Violet - January 31, 2013 at 11:49 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - February 1, 2013 at 12:19 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - February 1, 2013 at 10:59 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 1, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - February 1, 2013 at 12:09 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Ryantology - February 1, 2013 at 7:22 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Question Mark - February 2, 2013 at 1:50 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 2, 2013 at 12:29 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by pocaracas - February 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by genkaus - February 3, 2013 at 8:38 am
RE: Annoying Atheist Arguments - by Zone - February 2, 2013 at 8:10 am

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