(May 30, 2013 at 9:35 am)Drich Wrote: In order to say there is no God you must first examine the concept of God and then deny the fact that God does not exist. What your buddy is saying in the examination of God you are acknoweledging God on some level otherwise you would not have taken the time to dismiss Him.In order to say there is no Sauron you must first examine the concept of Sauron and then deny the fact that Sauron does not exist. What your buddy is saying in the examination of Sauron you are acknowledging Sauron on some level otherwise you would not have taken the time to dismiss Him.
Does that mean you secretly believe in Sauron and just hate him?
See how ass-backwards that sounds?
If the simple recognition of the concept of something indicates that you actually believe in it, that would mean that anything and everything that you could discuss you would have to believe in.