RE: Atheist struggling to answer a question i often propose to myself
August 24, 2017 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2017 at 6:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 24, 2017 at 6:15 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(August 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm)mordant Wrote: Nothing about atheism requires this "negative stance" if by that you mean taking up a knowledge position that there are no gods. It only requires seeing no valid reason to afford belief to any deities.
A proposition is either true or not true. So with respect to the proposition "God(s) exist." there are only two options. The proposition is either true, the theist stance, or it is not true, the atheist stance. The meaningful definition of atheism I have given does not force atheists to claim metaphysical knowledge; but rather asks them to own where they stand with respect to the question.
(Well, maybe there is a third option called 'I don't care' but I do not seriously believe any AF member falls into that category.)
Hm, I must have missed it, where's the nihilism in a negative stance to the god proposition? Let me check again. Nope...still not there. Third times the charm....ah.....maybe if I squint real hard?
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