RE: Poor Fundies.....Hell is A Literary Construct, Too!
May 23, 2013 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 6:35 pm by Cyberman.)
(May 23, 2013 at 4:44 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: God exists.
God does not exist.
To me those seem pretty opposite each other.
Absolutely. Problem is, though, the number of people espousing the first view vastly outweighs those subscribing to the second. Sure they exist but they certainly do not represent the most basic and common atheist position, i.e. lacking belief in the god/s du jour.
Here's a handy little example to illustrate the point:
(May 23, 2013 at 4:06 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Unfortunately I do not believe most atheists extend their beliefs to their logical conclusions.
Would you describe this as the lack of belief that most atheists act in that manner, or a positive disbelief that they do not?
After that, minor point but could you please tell me what these beliefs of most atheists might be?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
