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Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
RE: Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(November 29, 2013 at 5:56 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Esquilax
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Although, to be fair, I'm curious as to whether there are atheists who think critically about their own views and beliefs. In a way, I'm testing the hypothesis that atheists are just as irrational, if not more so, than theists.

Except that, as I've pointed out to you numerous times in this debate, the dictionary definition you're trying to force on us doesn't match with our beliefs, and nor are we required to change them to comport with what a dictionary says, even so. You know this, just from a casual glance around the responses here. Your rationale doesn't work; you're asking us to examine beliefs we don't hold, and then trying to apply them to us anyway, which is why I asked the question in the first place:

You can't make us believe what you want us to. We believe what we believe, regardless of what you or any dictionary thinks we should. This question of definitions doesn't help your case in the slightest. All it does is show that you weren't willing to consider your own beliefs before you threw your hat into this ring.
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RE: Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - by Esquilax - November 29, 2013 at 10:10 pm

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