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Remarks on (a)Theism More

Remarks on (a)Theism

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  • Moo (Score:1)

    by Chacham ( 981 )
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    Atheism is not believing in God.
    Dictionary [m-w.com]

    2 a : a disbelief in the existence of deity b : the doctrine that there is no deity


    • The evidence appears to be divided. [google.com]

      I have no idea where this one came from, though:

      ATHEISM [naiadonline.ca] belief that there is no god and that religion should be suppressed.

  • he explains that's too easy, he's arguing about a belief that there is no god
    • The difference between 1)believing something is not and 2)not believing something is seems pretty semantical to me. (1 being Penn's statement, 2 being lack of belief). If you believe that something is not, you obviously do not believe it is, and vice versa. The only clarification worth note, in my opinion, is whether you believe that something is not, or you believe that something is not known to be true or false. Statement 1 is a bit stronger wording, but I don't think statement 2 is materially different.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Abm0raz ( 668337 ) *
        1)believing something is not and 2)not believing something is seems pretty semantical to me.

        They are functionally different with overlap. Think of it as the difference between NULL and 0 or "". NULL is the complete non-existance of an item (#1) and 0/"" is the acceptance the the item exists, but has no value (#2).

        -Ab
        • I guess I can see that. It still parses to the same thing in my head, that is, a thing that is without substance is a thing that is not. Anyhow...

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