RE: Atheism and morality
July 9, 2013 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2013 at 2:54 pm by fr0d0.)
(July 8, 2013 at 6:24 pm)Inigo Wrote: I am not a theist. I use the term 'theist' to refer to someone who believes in the existence of a creator god who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly morally good. THe god I believe in is NONE of those things.
I've been with you all the way here Inigo, but on this point I must depart.
"the god I believe in" is a god you believe in.
This far you have only asserted a possibility, one you were undecided upon. Has your position changed?
I believe in a fully moral, omnipotent omniscient God. Amongst other things, that makes me a Christian theist. Someone who believes in God -plus some refinements on that, as categorised widely and publicly as Christianity.
Just like the term atheism, theism is the position on deity. Nothing more. On those grounds, ones commonly accepted here on this forum, you are a theist.