RE: The Atheist Obsession with Insulting Christians
September 18, 2015 at 9:47 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2015 at 9:48 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(September 17, 2015 at 11:57 pm)Cato Wrote:Cato,(September 17, 2015 at 7:05 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:
I see someone, despite a shitload of conversation on the subject, still conflates existential and ethical nihilism. And these types incredulously create threads openly wondering why they're considered idiots. Fucking dolts.
Please be aware that I have learned from a "shitload of conversation" not to use atheist and nihilist as synonyms. I was wrong to do so. Since then I have made a conscious effort to be more specific by identifying generally held atheistic positions like ontological naturalism, physical reduction, determinism (applies to Calvinists too), nominalism (although Occam argued for it)? and eliminative materialism. The meme reflects that effort. I am fully aware of the distinction in theory. In application, many AF atheists tend to waffle back and forth between the two. As such I highly question whether there is at root a clear distinctions between existentialism per se and absurdism. It's just a meme, Cato, and that format is way too brief to make the subtle distinctions for which you criticize me. I think if you were to review the various de-motivationals and memes made by atheists you will see that they fail to make subtle denominational distinctions.