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I see no value in atheism

outhouse

outhouse

Atheistically
ben d said:
Wiki would mean someone not exposed to the concept of god and who would therefore not know the meaning of the concept of atheism....
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Doesn't matter.

A man who had been on a island all his life and was rescued and had no belief in god, would still be an atheist, whether he knew it or not.

He was never a theist, from the time he was born until the time he was picked up, he had no concept of theism.


What do you call someone who is not a theist?
 
Ben Dhyan

Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
outhouse said:
Doesn't matter.

A man who had been on a island all his life and was rescued and had no belief in god, would still be an atheist, whether he knew it or not.

He was never a theist, from the time he was born until the time he was picked up, he had no concept of theism.

What do you call someone who is not a theist?
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This is all nonsense..nuts!!!
 
Bunyip

Bunyip

pro scapegoat
ben d said:
Well let me make it non-personal...that an atheist can believe the concept of god is not true before they are aware that the concept god exists...
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That is not how it works mate, how can you believe a concept you are not aware of is not true? You are going 'round in circles.

Before you are aware of a given belief, you naturally do not hold that belief. The belief in question being theism.
 
outhouse

outhouse

Atheistically
ben d said:
that an atheist can believe the concept of god is not true before they are aware that the concept god exists...
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Its called implicit atheism, if they have not consciously rejected the idea. I have sourced my position and provided links to substantiate my claim.
 
Ben Dhyan

Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
Bunyip said:
That is not how it works mate, how can you believe a concept you are not aware of is not true? You are going 'round in circles.

Before you are aware of a given belief, you naturally do not hold that belief. The belief in question being theism.
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Look Bunyip...this is not going anywhere...you want to believe anything you want...it's ok by me....drop it!
 
Bunyip

Bunyip

pro scapegoat
ben d said:
Look Bunyip...this is not going anywhere...you want to believe anything you want...it's ok by me....drop it!
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This is about what I don't believe Ben, not what I believe. A-theism is the absence of a specific faith belief.
 
outhouse

outhouse

Atheistically
ben d said:
No, but your beliefs are really unsound...
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No mine back academia, and are historical and or scientific in nature.

Your comment of "unsound" is your unsupported and it is unsubstantiated rhetoric. Nothing more.


You could avoid this, if you actually started to source your statements and provide links backing said sources.



ben d said:
and I am not going to keep responding to comments based on nuttiness...drop it!
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You don't get to tell anyone what to do around here.

And why do you call academia nuttiness?????????????


I sourced my position and provided a link that backs my position. You should try it.
 
Ben Dhyan

Ben Dhyan

Veteran Member
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