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| Dash_Harber 07/17/18 3:55:36 AM #146: | Kineth posted... I'm saying that Atheism's claim is that there is no god/divine power/whatever. But it isn't making a claim, it's refuting someone else's claim. If person 1 claims A exists, and person 2 says they see no evidence of it, person 2 is not claiming B. Kineth posted... I'm not saying that Atheism and Theism are the same at all. That's exactly what you said. You said they both make claims and both require faith. Kineth posted... They both hinge on a certain amount of conviction in the belief of the existence or lack thereof of divinity. No, they don't. Theism hinges on faith in the divine. Atheism hinges on nothing, because it's literally the lack of theism. Kineth posted... If it were simply a counterargument to Abrahamaic religions, they could just look into something like Buddhism. Well, first of all, I'm not sure if you are saying this, but I feel I should clarify; Buddhism is theistic also (though polytheistic instead of monotheistic). Either way, though, I'm not saying that it's only in response to the Abrahamic faiths, I'm saying that atheism is the rejection of all claims of theism, which is not a claim in itself. Look at it this way; if the police charge you with theft, and you say that you never stole anything and there is no evidence of it, you are not charging them with something in response. Kineth posted... Agnosticism is where skepticism truly lies. I feel like this is a vague pseudo-intellectual response, and I don't really understand what it has to do with anything we were discussing. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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