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I Find It Offensive; How About You
Epimethean Offline
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:18 pm
I don't think so, aerzia. Stating that there is no reason to believe is not itself a belief.
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:25 pm
A denial of a thing states it is not so.

Therefore making a statement that a thing is not.

It's the difference between "There is no god." and "I see no reason for there to be a god."

The first is a belief. The second is skepticism.
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:26 pm (This post was last modified: June 29, 2011 at 6:28 pm by Statler Waldorf.)
(June 29, 2011 at 6:02 pm)Epimethean Wrote: The preferred Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy makes no such claim:

"Atheism’ means the negation of theism, the denial of the existence of God."

Succinct, to the point, and therefore less a playtoy for theists.

Nonbelief =/= belief

Preferred only because you like its definition better I am sure...

Regardless, I don't see any disagreement there with the definition I gave. It's a position affirming the non-existence of God. I am sorry if you don't like that but tough cookies my friend Smile

(June 29, 2011 at 6:25 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote:


Exactly. I don't care what Adrian says, you are all right in my book. Tongue

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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm
There being, I think, a rather marked distinction between "I believe that there is no god" and "There is no god." Weak vs strong atheism. Atheism is not a belief system.
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm
So fucking what, words evolve.
If somebody says they're an atheist and explains exactly what they mean by that word, what grounds for argument do you have?
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:37 pm
(June 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm)Epimethean Wrote: There being, I think, a rather marked distinction between "I believe that there is no god" and "There is no god." Weak vs strong atheism. Atheism is not a belief system.

Why are you so afraid of it being a belief system?
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Actually, it is not a fear so much as a need for clarity on the matter. Atheism affords that.
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Atheism is a denial of god's existence, by definition and etymology. A denial of something's existence equates to belief that it does not exist. For example, I believe that there are no gods. I am an atheist. It seems that people often have a problem with remembering that the word 'belief' does not mean 'knowledge of'.
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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Atheism is Not a Belief System (Does This Really Need Repeating?)

By Austin Cline, About.com Guide June 11, 2007

Apparently it does.

Etymology:

Atheist

Atheism

Definition:
Denial




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RE: I Find It Offensive; How About You
June 29, 2011 at 8:36 pm (This post was last modified: June 29, 2011 at 8:36 pm by Epimethean.)
How would you factor theological noncognitivism into that, Paul?
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