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Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:02:16 GMT
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Richard Dee wrote:
>
> (1)Using this theory.....atheism itself can be considered
> to be a god in itself. Atheism suggests an acknowledgement
> of the possibility of a god, but the practitioner should
> choose to not believe in the existence of. Therefor the
> god manifests itself in the form of disbelief!
I don't believe that Atheism acknowledges the possibility of a god. That
would be Agnosticism. At least my particular brand of Atheism doesn't.
Any mention of the possibility of the existence of a being more perfect
than any other by me has been purely as a rhetorical device to further
an argument, not as a real possibility.
I am quite satisified that the impossibility of a god existing has been
proven beyond the shadow of a doubt. And most(1) theists agree. After
all, they state that one must put aside logic and take things on faith,
that their god admits of no logical analysis.
1 - but not Descartes, of course.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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