RE: Systematically Dismantling Atheism
November 3, 2014 at 9:50 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2014 at 9:54 pm by IDScience.)
(October 31, 2014 at 10:12 pm)Stimbo Wrote: No it doesn't. I don't have a belief that "God" doesn't exist, I lack the belief that it does
And that is like saying "I don't have a belief that the spaghetti monster doesn’t exist, I lack belief that it does". Its a linguistically redundant tautology designed to obfuscate what you actually believe
If you don't believe Santa exists, you must believe Santa does not exist
If you don't believe your team will lose the championship, you must believe your team will win the championship
If you don't believe the moon is made of cheese, you must believe the moon is not made of cheese
In a true dichotomy, if you reject one option, you have no choice but to accept the other. And God either, A exists, or B he does not exist, if you don’t believe A you must believe B or you violate the law of non contradiction. Just like you can't reject your window being closed, unless you accept your window is open. In my many years of debating, I have found its only the atheist has that has trouble understanding this elementary concept of semantics that everyone else clearly understands
(October 31, 2014 at 10:12 pm)Stimbo Wrote: No it doesn't. I don't have a belief that "God" doesn't exist, I lack the belief that it [i]does. This is exactly what I meant by telling us what we believe.
And that is like saying "I don't have a belief that the spaghetti monster doesn’t exist, I lack belief that it does". Its a linguistically redundant tautology designed to obfuscate what you actually believe
If you don't believe Santa exists, you must believe Santa does not exist
If you don't believe your team will lose the championship, you must believe your team will win the championship
If you don't believe the moon is made of cheese, you must believe the moon is not made of cheese
In a true dichotomy, if you reject one option, you have no choice but to accept the other. And God either, A exists, or B he does not exist, if you don’t believe A you must believe B or you violate the law of non contradiction. Just like you can't reject your window being closed, unless you accept your window is open. In my many years of debating, I have found its only the atheist has that has trouble understanding this elementary concept of semantics that everyone else clearly understands
