(May 12, 2010 at 12:10 pm)Watson Wrote: You've been honest with me based on your beliefs, and I've been honest with you based on mine.Oh for the love of the IPU Watson, my atheism is a lack of belief! Not believing in god(s) is not a belief! And no, I couldn't care what beliefs you profess, you contradicted yourself by stating you were an atheist yet failed to understand that atheism makes no positive claims about reality. When challenged about this you admitted, for the second time in this thread, you were never an atheist to begin with, that's why you were called out on being dishonest in the first instance.It just so happens that my beliefs contradict yours on this matter.
Watson Wrote:It's not a God concept; it's just God.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptions_of_God
Watson Wrote:No, it isn't like that at all. The analogy doesn't work because I can't predict what you would subjectively do if there was a sexy woman in your bed right now- though I can guess- but I can predict what you would subjectively do, or what anyone would subjectively do in certain scenarios if they denied God....what? This was meant to demonstrate your absurd "oneness with the cosmos" analogy because it simply doesn't work, in that it's not evidence for god. Analogies and anecdotes are not evidence.
Watson Wrote:You are clearly not getting it. My understanding and knowledge of God as it is right now is that God is a part of everything and everyone. Therefore, looking back on my Atheism, I can acknowledge that I was wrong in labeling myself an Atheist, because in my book, it is impossible to be an Atheist. I did not believe in God at the time. My belief is completely irrelevant, however, to His existence and effect on me.This isn't a Spanish inquisition! Were you an atheist or not? Yes or no? Actually, screw this nonsense. It's not like I haven't given you plenty of opportunities to come clean and just *tell me* what your position was, and now is.