[extropy-chat] Atheists launch inquisition...

[David]

I think it is obvious that people are using words in different ways.
Mike sees atheism as a belief in the non-existance of God.
Others are seeing it as a lack of belief in God.  I think that non-belief
is what Mike would call agnosticism (and I agree for what its worth).
To get anything productive out of this it would probably be a good
idea to define how you are using the terms : God, atheism,
agnosticism, belief, faith and babel-fish.

-David.



Fred C. Moulton wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 00:12, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
>>I think my point is quite clear, and the fact that you can't see it is
>>illustrative of the blind spot that atheists find themselves in:
>>proving a negative is impossible, ergo the belief that god does not
>>exist is based on an impossible assumption and therefore is an article
>>of faith.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> I am confident that you are well meaning but unfortunately you are
> confused at very a fundamental level.  You continue to have a false idea
> of Atheism even after several of us have tried to explain it to you. 
> You fail to understand that an Atheist does not have to prove the
> non-existence of anything.  
> 
> Once you understand that the meaning of the term Atheism then perhaps
> the conversation might continue.  But I will admit that I can not think
> of a way to help you overcome your confusion so I will step aside for a
> moment so that perhaps some other participant can explain it to you.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
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