(April 3, 2012 at 6:45 am)Phil Wrote:(April 3, 2012 at 6:10 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote:Then you were not a theist so your wew an atheist (without a belief in god). Is that really hard to understand?(April 3, 2012 at 5:48 am)Phil Wrote:(April 3, 2012 at 5:45 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: I disagree that lack of belief is the default position, and would say the same about belief. Lack of belief denotes that you are aware of a belief and do not accept it. Another subject you might believe based on evidence so there can't really be a default position.
When the doctor slapped you on your ass, were you a theist?
As I said, I was a "nothing". I was a complete blank canvass.
(April 3, 2012 at 6:13 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Atheism is a lack of belief in gods, there has to be a belief in gods for you to lack.Pure unadulterated bullshit. If you don't believe in gods you lack that belief regardless of awareness.Quote:If there was no theists there would be no atheists.Correct, there would be no need for the word but the "non-god" lack is still there. Are you really this obtuse?
Are crustaceans and planks of wood atheist? I'd say not.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
