RE: Can you ever believe that there is no God
April 23, 2013 at 6:18 pm
(This post was last modified: April 23, 2013 at 6:20 pm by Dawud.)
Lets take what's known in philosophy as Generic Philosophical Monotheism (GPM - get to know it if you are in to philosophy).
Basically the source of existence, separate from existence, Omniscient, Omnipotent...
Apparently like this deist position referred to earlier.
(Take note Minimalist as people now try to prove things without evidence - it can be done Minimalist and I'm sure some of our atheist friends will gladly attempt this age old thing using something called logic)
So GPM... can you know that there is no such thing as this God.
Don't worry, unlike minimalist I will accept rational proofs and not just an evidential claim...
(PS I am not going to clutter up this discussion over whether or not it is possible to know if there is no God by providing evidence for God - read carefully:
I'm asking if it is rationally possible to know that there is no God)
The difference is up for grabs between belief and knowledge and has been since Plato highlighted the distinction between the two. I'll start another thread for that....
Basically the source of existence, separate from existence, Omniscient, Omnipotent...
Apparently like this deist position referred to earlier.
(Take note Minimalist as people now try to prove things without evidence - it can be done Minimalist and I'm sure some of our atheist friends will gladly attempt this age old thing using something called logic)
So GPM... can you know that there is no such thing as this God.
Don't worry, unlike minimalist I will accept rational proofs and not just an evidential claim...
(PS I am not going to clutter up this discussion over whether or not it is possible to know if there is no God by providing evidence for God - read carefully:
I'm asking if it is rationally possible to know that there is no God)
The difference is up for grabs between belief and knowledge and has been since Plato highlighted the distinction between the two. I'll start another thread for that....
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