(March 1, 2013 at 4:22 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Interesting in this article the author says...
Quote:'Well, first of all, atheism is neither good nor bad; it’s just a belief that God does not exist.'
According to Question Mark in another thread...
"How dare you tell us what it is that we believe. Atheism is by definition the lack of belief in a god or gods, and you or anyone else assuming what we believe beyond that without consulting us as to our individual beliefs is disingenuous, and frankly I would personally say a premise for building a strawman fallacy. "
So is the author guilty of being disingenuous and creating a premise for a strawman? Shouldn't you guys set this fellow atheist straight? Apparently no one told him that atheism is a lack of belief and he didn't consult with you when defining atheism.
There is a rather important contextual difference here.
When I said that to you, you were trying to tell us, what we believed. In this example, the person saying that is telling other people what they themselves believe.
One steps on other people's toes, whilst the other is simply a statement of personal opinion. That's what their atheism means.
If you believe it, question it. If you question it, get an answer. If you have an answer, does that answer satisfy reality? Does it satisfy you? Probably not. For no one else will agree with you, not really.
