In so far as a lack of a belief can be.Crumple wrote:Atheism is a belief system.
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You are arguing with the wrong one here. I don't believe in anything.Hermit wrote:In so far as a lack of a belief can be.Crumple wrote:Atheism is a belief system.
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Incorrect. It entails the lack of any belief system that belongs to the set of belief systems that posit a god.Crumple wrote:Atheism is a belief system.
Atheists most probably have other belief systems in the most general sense of the world.
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I am arguing against the assertion that atheism is a belief system, no matter who makes it.Crumple wrote:You are arguing with the wrong one here. I don't believe in anything.Hermit wrote:In so far as a lack of a belief can be.Crumple wrote:Atheism is a belief system.
The assertion is correct for the type of atheism that claims to know that there is no god, (which is as much of a belief system as claiming to know that there is a god,) but I think only a very small percentage of atheists would make such a claim.
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The universe either contains a God (trade mark pending) or not. Belief doesn't come into it. Not believing in a tiger chewing on your leg doesn't make it go away.
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Unless of course one is converted to AtheismPlusism..Hermit wrote:I am arguing against the assertion that atheism is a belief system, no matter who makes it.Crumple wrote:You are arguing with the wrong one here. I don't believe in anything.Hermit wrote:In so far as a lack of a belief can be.Crumple wrote:Atheism is a belief system.
The assertion is correct for the type of atheism that claims to know that there is no god, (which is as much of a belief system as claiming to know that there is a god,) but I think only a very small percentage of atheists would make such a claim.
Wonder what that lot are up to these days..
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Deep.Crumple wrote:The universe either contains a God (trade mark pending) or not. Belief doesn't come into it. Not believing in a tiger chewing on your leg doesn't make it go away.
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This is true, but not relevant to the assertion that atheism is a belief system.Crumple wrote:The universe either contains a God (trade mark pending) or not. Belief doesn't come into it. Not believing in a tiger chewing on your leg doesn't make it go away.
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On intelligent design:
God: How many more animals left to make?
Angel: 2
God: And how many more legs do we have?
Angel: 100
Centipede: Dibs!
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God: How many more animals left to make?
Angel: 2
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It's a very fine line from your Godlessness to my Thingnessness. I'll win the argument eventually.
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Fine. Consider yourself to have won.Crumple wrote:It's a very fine line from your Godlessness to my Thingnessness. I'll win the argument eventually.
Doesn't make atheism is a belief system, though.
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I wrote that. Doesn't mean I believe it myself. Who are you trying to convince?Hermit wrote:Fine. Consider yourself to have won.Crumple wrote:It's a very fine line from your Godlessness to my Thingnessness. I'll win the argument eventually.
Doesn't make atheism is a belief system, though.
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That's fine too. Tell someone who cares.Crumple wrote:I wrote that. Doesn't mean I believe it myself.Hermit wrote:Fine. Consider yourself to have won.Crumple wrote:It's a very fine line from your Godlessness to my Thingnessness. I'll win the argument eventually.
Doesn't make atheism is a belief system, though.
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Sure made a little go a long way.Hermit wrote:That's fine too. Tell someone who cares.Crumple wrote:I wrote that. Doesn't mean I believe it myself.Hermit wrote:Fine. Consider yourself to have won.Crumple wrote:It's a very fine line from your Godlessness to my Thingnessness. I'll win the argument eventually.
Doesn't make atheism is a belief system, though.
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