RE: Attn: Christians, We've Heard Them Already
June 11, 2013 at 5:58 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2013 at 5:59 pm by Jackalope.)
(June 11, 2013 at 5:52 pm)Savannahw Wrote:(June 11, 2013 at 5:49 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Just like theism is a philosophy just like off is a TV channel.
Wow you just destroyed your own argument!
um... Fail.
I'm going to have to side with the hoary hobbit on this one (with respect to the analogy).
A theistic religion might satisfy the criteria for being a philosophy, but theism (see note below) doesn't, as (like atheism) it only represents an answer to the question "Do you believe any gods exist?".
Dictionary.com Wrote:1.
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation ( distinguished from deism ).
2.
belief in the existence of a god or gods ( opposed to atheism ).