RE: Q about arguments for God's existence.
February 1, 2015 at 3:56 pm
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2015 at 4:00 pm by Mr.wizard.)
(February 1, 2015 at 3:29 pm)Blackout Wrote:(February 1, 2015 at 3:28 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: It is a response to a specific claim, atheism by definition is a lack of belief in gods or god claims. Anything you attempt to pile on top of that is something you are adding to atheism. Atheism is not a state of mind, that is completely ridiculous.No it isn't, atheism is the lack of belief in gods or the belief no gods exist. You can use the two positions. And yeah - It is a state of mind, every position is a state of mind. Atheism means literally "without god" - Go check the word's etymology - That can mean anything from the belief gods don't exist and complete rejection to the simple absence of positive belief
Your attempt to say strong atheism is not a position but a response is wishfully ignorant.
State of mind is your mood or mental state at a particular time, my entire state of mind can not be atheist. My state of mind could be logical and could lead to atheism when presented with god claims. i.e. If you told me vampires existed and I didn't believe you my state of mind wouldn't be A-vampirism.
Saying I believe no gods exist is not the same as claiming no gods exist. It is not a positive claim.
I didn't say anything about strong atheism and I didn't say it wasn't a position, don't put words in my mouth. I said anything you add to atheism is extra and does not change what atheism is.
