RE: Atheism Undermines Knowledge
May 3, 2013 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2013 at 5:26 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(May 3, 2013 at 5:06 pm)Gearbreak Wrote: You should stop using the word atheism and use whatever the word is for the philosophy you're targeting is. Atheists just don't believe in god. They can still believe in other things and just not believe in god. You're arguing with a philosophy. And mistaking atheism for that philosophy.Yes, you can be an atheist apart from any specific belief. But you cannot be a logically consistent atheist IF you believe in the power of inductive reasoning. In other words, if belief in god is necessary to believe (x) then an atheist who believes in (x) is not being logically consistent.
(May 3, 2013 at 5:02 pm)paulpablo Wrote: The first post mentions atheism, but there is no belief to atheism it is a lack of a belief in god or gods. Not once was the word god or gods mentioned in the post along side what he claims are the beliefs of atheism are, this should automatically raise alarm bells that you are reading bullshit.Arguing about what atheism is or isn't is just avoiding the problem. Let's cut to the chase. Do you believe in the validity of inductive reasoning? And are you also an atheist? If you answer 'yes' to both you are guilty of holding mutually exclusive beliefs.
