RE: Can an Atheist know anything?
December 23, 2013 at 4:37 am
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2013 at 4:38 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Quote:Given that atheists don't believe in absolute truth.
Who sez?
Quote:Without absolute truth no one can discern a lie
Wrong. For example, it can be absolutely true that granite is harder than chalk. This doesn't prevent me from spotting the lie when my 5'8" neighbor insists that he is 11 feet tall.
Quote:Knowing something requires discerning truth from lies.
It requires nothing of the sort.
Quote:Atheists can't know anything.
Well, I as an atheist can know that one should never seek to establish a true conclusion from a false premise.
Boru
Quote:Note that the US constitution is wrong - it is NOT self evident that all men are created equal.
psst - that's the Declaration of Independence, not the US Constitution.
Boru
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