RE: Poor Fundies.....Hell is A Literary Construct, Too!
May 23, 2013 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 7:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 23, 2013 at 4:44 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: God exists.
God does not exist.
To me those seem pretty opposite each other.
Two positive statements that imply a belief or knowledge. Neither of which deals with an absence of belief.
Consider for a moment.
I do not believe that ostriches glow in the dark
Ostriches do not glow in the dark
Though both positions find common ground in an appraisal of reality (and both are accurate) they are not equivalent - and are not "right" for the same reason, or any reason, as stated.
Certainly, one -could- reason from a disbelief, that sort of positive statement, if they so chose, but one does not have to. Keep in mind, you're the one that voluntarily pigeonholed your position. To then draw the curtain over the position of others seems- in the friendliest of interpretations- misinformed, and in the worst - well......downright apologetic and deceitful.
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