TheGunShoj
Active Member
It's a tricky concept. Atheism necessarily has to be dependent on the specific god claim being made. If you had a stapler and you said that the stapler was your god, I could not in good conscience state that I was an atheist in regards to that "god" because I obviously believe that the stapler exists, I just don't think that labeling it a god is a good idea. To me, atheism is more of a general statement about the majority of god claims that I have heard, but when discussing a specific god it can become more refined.But that can't be the methodology for refutation. It makes no sense. It really means, that people aren't ''atheists'', they are agnostic aspirants, at best, labeling themselves as ''atheists'' for whatever reason.