"It's a good start wouldn't you say?"
Not really, no. Its an opening assumption that could be wrong. If it is wrong then everything you deduce from that point will be wrong.
"It's a firm claim. It's corroborated by the testimony of a gazillion biblical theists."
None of whom actually know. Are we establishing the value of a claim by its popularity now?
"How is atheistic...'we don't know', better than theistic...'we think we DO know'"
Well the first answer is honest and the second rarely includes the word "think."
Not really, no. Its an opening assumption that could be wrong. If it is wrong then everything you deduce from that point will be wrong.
"It's a firm claim. It's corroborated by the testimony of a gazillion biblical theists."
None of whom actually know. Are we establishing the value of a claim by its popularity now?
"How is atheistic...'we don't know', better than theistic...'we think we DO know'"
Well the first answer is honest and the second rarely includes the word "think."
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