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Author Topic:   Problems with being an Atheist (or Evolutionist)
Dr Adequate
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Message 259 of 276 (587831)
10-21-2010 2:35 AM
Reply to: Message 258 by Damouse
10-21-2010 1:58 AM


Im not trying to be radical or abrasive, and i feel like my comments are being received as such. Apologies if they came out like that.
It's not a matter of being abrasive, it's just that a lot of people think you're wrong. Not every atheist is a strong atheist.
And the difference is not semantic.
A "weak" atheist regards the proposition that a god exists the same way that he regards the proposition that unicorns exist. There is no evidence for it, but it has not been falsified.
A "strong" atheist regards the proposition that a god exists the same way that he regards the proposition that there are unicorns everywhere, and that you can't go anywhere without tripping over one. There is no evidence for it, and it has been falsified.
There is a difference.

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Dr Adequate
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Message 261 of 276 (587845)
10-21-2010 3:17 AM
Reply to: Message 260 by Damouse
10-21-2010 2:44 AM


If people agree with your stated reasoning as to why im wrong, i shan't lose any sleep over it. You're either being willfully obstinate ...
Yeah, I can do that.
But so, I think, can you.
Im assuming an atheist to introduce himself as just an atheist solely based on my personal experience and a touch of social etiquette. By no means do i think that a rule.
Well, yes they do. But if a "weak" atheist introduces himself as an atheist and then a theist starts arguing with him as though he was a "strong" atheist, the cry of "STRAWMAN" will be so loud that you'll be able to hear it in the next country.
There's not much content in atheism, but what there is we can manage to disagree about. How fortunate it is that we do not burn one another at the stake.

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