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Can an Atheist know anything?
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RE: Can an Atheist know anything?
December 23, 2013 at 2:35 am
(December 23, 2013 at 12:01 am)orangebox21 Wrote: Given that atheists don't believe in absolute truth.
Without absolute truth no one can discern a lie.
Knowing something requires discerning truth from lies.
Atheists can't know anything.

Discuss.

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I think that atheists do believe in absolute truth, but just do not claim to know what it is. And even if they didn't believe in absolute truth, for argument's sake, then that doesn't mean that they "can't know anything" because to know something - like knowing what the name of this forum is, for example - doesn't necessarily require you (nor anyone else) to believe in absolute truth.

Put more simply, there is a difference between knowing/believing in "absolute truth" and knowing "facts." It's not logical to argue that either of them is necessary for the other to exist.
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Can an Atheist know anything? - by orangebox21 - December 23, 2013 at 12:01 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by pocaracas - December 23, 2013 at 12:37 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 23, 2013 at 12:44 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Minimalist - December 23, 2013 at 12:46 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 23, 2013 at 12:50 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Whateverist - December 23, 2013 at 1:07 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Brakeman - December 23, 2013 at 1:26 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Rayaan - December 23, 2013 at 2:35 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 6:03 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 6:08 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 6:10 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 23, 2013 at 3:15 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Rayaan - December 23, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by là bạn điên - December 23, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Angrboda - December 23, 2013 at 4:02 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 23, 2013 at 4:32 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Angrboda - December 23, 2013 at 6:26 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by là bạn điên - December 23, 2013 at 4:37 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 23, 2013 at 4:37 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by là bạn điên - December 23, 2013 at 5:18 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 23, 2013 at 6:35 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Marvin - December 23, 2013 at 7:43 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by EgoRaptor - December 23, 2013 at 7:52 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by orangebox21 - December 24, 2013 at 12:16 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Faith No More - December 24, 2013 at 12:35 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Whateverist - December 24, 2013 at 12:41 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by ThomM - December 25, 2013 at 8:08 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Ksa - December 23, 2013 at 8:09 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Tonus - December 23, 2013 at 9:34 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by max-greece - December 23, 2013 at 11:16 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jackalope - December 23, 2013 at 11:28 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by ThomM - December 25, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Angrboda - December 25, 2013 at 2:01 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Crossless1 - December 25, 2013 at 2:04 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jackalope - December 25, 2013 at 8:11 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by MindForgedManacle - December 26, 2013 at 10:31 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 6:16 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 6:24 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2013 at 6:31 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 11:37 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Whateverist - December 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 12:55 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 1:36 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 2:13 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 6:27 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 6:34 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2013 at 6:37 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 27, 2013 at 6:39 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 7:19 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 27, 2013 at 8:03 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Zen Badger - December 27, 2013 at 6:58 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 27, 2013 at 7:12 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by KichigaiNeko - December 27, 2013 at 7:06 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Whateverist - December 27, 2013 at 7:24 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 9:15 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Esquilax - December 27, 2013 at 11:18 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by KichigaiNeko - December 27, 2013 at 7:44 am
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Bad Writer - December 27, 2013 at 1:04 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Nineteen - December 27, 2013 at 1:20 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jackalope - December 27, 2013 at 1:24 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Crossless1 - December 27, 2013 at 1:36 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 27, 2013 at 1:43 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 27, 2013 at 2:17 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by Mister Agenda - December 27, 2013 at 4:07 pm
RE: Can an Atheist know anything? - by jesus0.5 - December 27, 2013 at 7:54 pm

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