RE: I have some questions for the posters here.
June 24, 2021 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2021 at 3:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Not believing in gods is exactly what makes a person, and the only thing that makes a person, an atheist. Did you want to discuss some position, or air your grievance with accurate language?
Are you going to ask me what gave me that impression again, or just get on with the bit?
(June 24, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Frank Apisa Wrote:So I can disregard all earlier comments, then, all seventeen pages, and then, having done that, discard the rest, as you're now reasserting that atheism is something it's not?
(June 24, 2021 at 3:34 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You could explain what you think a gnostic atheist is being unreasonable about, or in what specific way they're gullible, Frank. We could just use gnostics in general, as I wondered earlier. Do you doubt knowledge claims in general, or just knowledge claims about this particular thing? It seems like it would have to be the latter, since we agreed almost immediately that there was such a thing as a fact...but, ofc, clarity is always appreciated.
I do not think atheists of any stripe are being unreasonable about anything. I also do not think theists of any stripe are being unreasonable either.
It is my opinion that anyone who uses the word "atheist" as a descriptor or part of a descriptor...is not doing so because of just a lack of "belief" in any gods. I think the reason they do it is because the think there are no gods...or they think it is more likely that there are no gods than that there is.
I do not take that stance.
I am not an atheist.
Are you going to ask me what gave me that impression again, or just get on with the bit?
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