[extropy-chat] Atheists launch inquisition...

[Kevin Freels]

A search of the word turns up many definitions. Webster's calls atheism "2 a
: a disbelief in the existence of deity b : the doctrine that there is no
deity "
If this is the case, the Mike is correct.
Others put it as a lack of belief which in that case, Mike would be wring. I
tried the Oxford Dictinary, but they want a $295 subscription for a year
which I thought to be a bit much for the purposes of this conversation.:-)

Kevin Freels

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred C. Moulton" <moulton at moulton.com>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Atheists launch inquisition...


> 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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