RE: The argument against God
January 19, 2009 at 2:12 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2009 at 2:14 pm by DD_8630.)
(January 19, 2009 at 11:50 am)dagda Wrote: I think you have missed the point of the thread. I was looking for an argument against a diety in general, not mine in particular.Which again begs the question: what is a 'deity'? How can we formulate an argument against its existence if we don't even know what it is?
(January 19, 2009 at 11:50 am)dagda Wrote: What makes the atheistical perception of reality right?Nothing, since there is no such "atheistical [sic] perception".
Theism affirms the existence of deities, while atheism does not. Atheism affirms nothing, claims nothing, posits nothing.
If a group of people claimed that there existed magic gnomes inside the roots of trees, I daresay you would be sceptical: you'd say "Hang on, why on Earth should I believe you?".
That is the atheist. He does not affirm the existence of deities (and, generally, he doesn't affirm their non-existence either).
(January 19, 2009 at 12:10 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: The thing is, you are gnostic therefore believe in some deity.That means he's a theist, not a gnostic :p
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone. - Charles Darwin