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Author Topic:   Does Atheism = No beliefs?
NoNukes
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Message 216 of 414 (774618)
12-19-2015 9:49 PM
Reply to: Message 213 by Tangle
12-19-2015 4:48 PM


Except that Faith is also agnostic, she believes that god exists, she even thinks that she knows: but she can't know, she can only believe.
Perhaps there is some sense in which your definitions make sense. The problem with them is that people the rest of us call atheists, Christians, and agnostics definitely have different mental states that they present in reaction to the question is God real. Adopting your definitions simply means that we no longer have words to describe those mental states. No thanks.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 276 of 414 (774891)
12-24-2015 12:33 PM
Reply to: Message 275 by Tangle
12-24-2015 2:54 AM


So I've concluded there isn't one pending contradictory information
Why is it important, necessary, or even desired to reach a conclusion? What do you call people who don't reach a conclusion? How is reaching a conclusion based on incomplete information distinguishable from a belief?
Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 281 of 414 (774921)
12-24-2015 9:33 PM
Reply to: Message 278 by Tanypteryx
12-24-2015 2:45 PM


What difference does it make in any of your lives?
Surely making a hill of beans difference not the accepted internet standard for taking a position and refusing to acknowledge any point made by the other fellow. Somebody is wrong on the internet and they won't admit it. Isn't that enough?

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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