RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 6, 2015 at 7:45 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2015 at 7:56 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(July 6, 2015 at 7:39 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(July 6, 2015 at 7:25 am)pool Wrote: Are you telling me if you were born as a child and grew up right up until now without hearing the word "God" then you'd be a person that has no belief in "God"?
That automatically assumes you have an understanding of "God",which you don't,even now,because "God",cannot be described consistently even with books like bible.
No,you wouldn't be a person that has no belief in God,you'd be unaware of the subject to have any beliefs or lack of beliefs to begin with.
Edit: (For you to understand more clearly)
Raise a child without him ever hearing the word "God".
Ask him one day if he has any belief in the existence or non-existence of god.
He'd be like "Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
He'd not be like "Yes,absoluetly." or "No".
So to answer your question even if theism ceased to exist everyone would be an atheist: No.Everyone would not be an atheist everyone would be a poolist following poolism.
Do you know what poolism is? Its the lack of belief in theism and atheism. hehehe
Let me make this simple for you, If you never heard of god, would you believe in a god? No you have no belief in a concept that doesn't exist.
What you did was basically say the same thing i said to you in a different way.
EDIT: Omg! i just saw the bolded portion!
To counter your logic,refer to this quote:
Quote:Are you telling me if you were born as a child and grew up right up until now without hearing the word "God" then you'd be a person that has no belief in "God"?
That automatically assumes you have an understanding of "God",which you don't,even now,because "God",cannot be described consistently even with books like bible.
No,you wouldn't be a person that has no belief in God,you'd be unaware of the subject to have any beliefs or lack of beliefs to begin with.
Edit: (For you to understand more clearly)
Raise a child without him ever hearing the word "God".
Ask him one day if he has any belief in the existence or non-existence of god.
He'd be like "Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
He'd not be like "Yes,absoluetly." or "No".
So to answer your question even if theism ceased to exist everyone would be an atheist: No.Everyone would not be an atheist everyone would be a poolist following poolism.Because theism introduced the concept of "God".If theism didn't exist "God" didn't exist - you can't have a lack of belief in something which is nothing.
Do you know what poolism is? Its the lack of belief in theism and atheism. hehehe
I added the bolded part to the quote.