RE: My conclusions about weak Atheism.
April 5, 2018 at 8:36 am
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2018 at 8:37 am by FatAndFaithless.)
(April 5, 2018 at 8:32 am)robvalue Wrote:(April 5, 2018 at 8:02 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I really wish we could just nail down the terms and meanings, since "gnostic atheist" doesn't make much sense to me. Since atheism is only a response to theistic claims, and doesn't make any claims in itself, it doesn't make sense to use it in a label which does male the claim "god does not exist ".
The terms are already muddy and people use them in different ways to mean different things. Just confusing and inconvenient.
Yeah, I agree. In practical terms, it's all the same thing though. If you're not allowing for "God" when you are making decisions, then it's an irrelevancy.
Even if you're a theist, it's still irrelevant unless you think you have some actual information about God(s).
Oh yeah I agree, in 99.99% of all cases in daily life a 'strong atheist' will behave with as much regard to God as a 'weak atheist.' It's just in discussions having accurate, clear labels would be nice for shortcuts. I reject both claims of "there is a god(s)" and "there isn't a god(s)" because I don't think either claim has met its burden of proof. We just don't have a distinct term for someone who claims the latter, and we slot in "strong atheist" which just muddies the waters.
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