• senoro@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Paradoxically, the existence of atheism memes proves there is no god because what kind of god would allow atheism memes to exist. Atheism memes are like killer bees, they are very rarely fun.

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    1 year ago

    What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

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    1 year ago

    Im not saying there is a god and im not saying there isnt one, but this Post is quite misleading. The question of how to find truth is sadly not possible to answer, so both inductive and deductive reasong are perfectly reasonable. So this constructed dialogue is in no way an argument for atheism.

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      1 year ago

      It sounds like - and correct me if I’m wrong - you’re defining “atheism” as “the positive assertion that no gods exist.” This is vastly different from what most (but not all) atheists would say, which would be something more like “I do not assert that any gods exist.”

      See the difference there? One is making an assertion, the other is not. Assertions of fact require some basis, especially if you want to convince someone to believe that your assertion is true. I am not aware of any way to demonstrate a basis for something that I do not assert.

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        1 year ago

        I think what youre talking about is an agnostic, the therm “atheism” comes from the greek terms “a-” (without) and “theos” (god)