(January 4, 2015 at 5:50 pm)Sionnach Wrote:That's the argument I usually throw against agnostic atheists to justify my position. It's theists who need to provide evidence for god, until then I will claim knowledge based on the current available data.(January 4, 2015 at 5:41 pm)Blackout Wrote: Ok sorry to be picky but do you lack belief in gods or do you know gods don't exist?
I prefer to state I know god does not exist.
When it comes to Santa Clause, the magical being not the holiday concept, I am not going to state I lack belief in Santa Clause just because there is no evidence proving he does not exist. Instead, I am going to rightly, logically, reasonably, state that I know Santa Clause does not exist because there is zero evidence to support his existence.
Just replace Santa Clause with god, and it is the same thing.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you