(May 21, 2015 at 4:26 pm)Anima Wrote: I understand the atheistic position to not accept that which may not be empirically verified. Therefore it may be said atheism does not recognize that which is metaphysical and cannot be verified empirically.
Actually, it's more like the "atheistic position" does not recognise that the theistic position has ever demonstrated that any of its claims deserve the appellation "metaphysical", as distinct from "imaginary".
Also, how do rocks react to their surroundings?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
