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Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim
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RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim
(August 15, 2014 at 4:01 pm)rasetsu Wrote: A gnostic theist is one who knows that gods do not exist. Thus it is a claim of knowledge, not a claim of 100% certainty. Knowledge is typically defined as justified true belief. In the absence of certainty, a belief is held to be true if it is justified, so we'll ignore the 'true' part of this definition. Belief is easily satisfied. All that is left is to produce adequate justification for that belief, and one has satisfied the requirements for knowledge. One way to justify disbelief in gods is to show the improbability of their existence. However, a better way to justify it is with an argument to the most likely explanation for god claims. If it can be shown that fraud, imagination, or error account for god claims better than the actual existence of a god, then one has justified discounting that god claim. This is especially potent when coupled with arguments about the multiplicity of incompatible claims, and the geographical dispersion of god claims. In this way, one eliminates all common god claims and justifies disbelief in all of them. Remember, knowledge is justified true belief, and the belief that all god claims are unsubstantiated has been justified in this manner, justifies belief that no god exists.

Ok I didn't know that, but it makes sense, thanks for the enlightening. That probably means I'm a strong/gnostic atheists to most gods, except the ones who are impossible to disprove.
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Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Neo-Scholastic - August 11, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by The Grand Nudger - August 11, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by answer-is-42 - August 13, 2014 at 11:38 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Tonus - August 11, 2014 at 12:42 pm
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RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Ryantology - August 11, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Minimalist - August 11, 2014 at 1:08 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Chad32 - August 11, 2014 at 1:13 pm
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RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Whateverist - August 11, 2014 at 2:03 pm
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RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Neo-Scholastic - August 11, 2014 at 4:36 pm
RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Ryantology - August 11, 2014 at 5:39 pm
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RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim - by Neo-Scholastic - August 19, 2014 at 1:01 pm
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