Do you atheists have a message for mankind?

[+Nuclear Wessel]

Just now, Crazy Horse said:

A lack of a belief in GOD, is still a belief that there is no GOD, whether one is actively interested or not.

Nope.

[Golden Duck]

Just now, Crazy Horse said:

A lack of a belief in GOD, is still a belief that there is no GOD, whether one is actively interested or not.

The negation of belief is not a belief. It's its complement.

[XenoFish]

https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/about-atheism/#:~:text=Atheism is one thing%3A A lack of belief in gods.&text=It is simply a rejection,lack of belief in gods.

[+Nuclear Wessel]

1 minute ago, XenoFish said:

https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/about-atheism/#:~:text=Atheism is one thing%3A A lack of belief in gods.&text=It is simply a rejection,lack of belief in gods.

Do you really expect Horseman to read that?

[Crazy Horse]

1 minute ago, Golden Duck said:

The negation of belief is not a belief. It's its complement.

To not to believe in GOD, is a belief.

 

 

[+Nuclear Wessel]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

To not to believe in GOD, is a belief.

How? A non-belief is a belief?

Edited February 24, 2021 by Nuclear Wessel

[Golden Duck]

Just now, Crazy Horse said:

To not to believe in GOD, is a belief.

 

 

Just as True does not equal Not True, Belief does not equal Not Belief.

[Crazy Horse]

1 minute ago, Nuclear Wessel said:

How?

A non-belief is still a belief.

A belief doesn't just have to be for a positive, "I do believe", it is equally right in the use, "I don't believe".

[+Nuclear Wessel]

23 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

A non-belief is still a belief.

- Crazy Horse, 2021

Gonna get that on a mug.

Edited February 24, 2021 by Nuclear Wessel

[Crazy Horse]

Just now, Golden Duck said:

Just as True does not equal Not True, Belief does not equal Not Belief.

Look, an atheist doesn't believe in GOD.

It says it right there on the tin.

 

 

[Guyver]

24 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

A lack of a belief in GOD, is still a belief that there is no GOD, whether one is actively interested or not.

I don’t think so.  I think you are thinking of the claim that there is no God, as some atheists do claim, as a belief.  In that sense, to say I don’t think God exists could be considered a belief, like its opposite.  But, believing and not believing are not the same things.  A person who believes God exists, will generally have some behaviors associated with that belief.  Maybe a believer will go to church, say prayers, get baptized, read the Bible, etc, and these behaviors are associated with believing.  “He must be a good Christian, he goes to church every Sunday and Wednesday evening, etc.”. 
 

A person who does not believe will generally not engage in those things because to them they are not meaningful.  So, that is the distinction I would offer.

[Crazy Horse]

11 minutes ago, Guyver said:

I don’t think so.  I think you are thinking of the claim that there is no God, as some atheists do claim, as a belief.  In that sense, to say I don’t think God exists could be considered a belief, like its opposite.  But, believing and not believing are not the same things.  A person who believes God exists, will generally have some behaviors associated with that belief.  Maybe a believer will go to church, say prayers, get baptized, read the Bible, etc, and these behaviors are associated with believing.  “He must be a good Christian, he goes to church every Sunday and Wednesday evening, etc.”. 
 

A person who does not believe will generally not engage in those things because to them they are not meaningful.  So, that is the distinction I would offer.

Exactly.

This is what I have been saying through-out this whole thread, that certain beliefs, and non-beliefs, shall lead one in a particular direction.

And, that the belief that GOD doesn't exist, shall lead one in the opposite direction to one who does believe, although in truth, there is huge cross-over area for those who are nominal within each view.

 

[Crazy Horse]

25 minutes ago, Guyver said:

I don’t think so.  I think you are thinking of the claim that there is no God, as some atheists do claim, as a belief.  In that sense, to say I don’t think God exists could be considered a belief, like its opposite.  But, believing and not believing are not the same things.  A person who believes God exists, will generally have some behaviors associated with that belief.  Maybe a believer will go to church, say prayers, get baptized, read the Bible, etc, and these behaviors are associated with believing.  “He must be a good Christian, he goes to church every Sunday and Wednesday evening, etc.”. 
 

A person who does not believe will generally not engage in those things because to them they are not meaningful.  So, that is the distinction I would offer.

I've just noticed this..

And I have a question.

Why exactly would one claim something, if they didn't believe it to be true?

[XenoFish]

58 minutes ago, Nuclear Wessel said:

Do you really expect Horseman to read that?

No, but anyone else who isn't a member might. I don't have any expectations regarding the horseman.

[Crazy Horse]

Just now, XenoFish said:

No, but anyone else who isn't a member might. I don't have any expectations regarding the horseman.

Is that my new nick-name?

Ahh, thanks guys..

I didn't realise you cared.....

[Golden Duck]

41 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

Look, an atheist doesn't believe in GOD.

It says it right there on the tin.

 

 

You're attempting obfuscate with the use of contractions and a use of fonts to alter semantics.

What it actually say on the tin is:

An atheist does not believe in GOD

[+Nuclear Wessel]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

Is that my new nick-name?

Ahh, thanks guys..

I didn't realise you cared.....

Horseman is easier for me to type than Crazy Horse lol

[XenoFish]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Horse said:

Is that my new nick-name?

Ahh, thanks guys..

I didn't realise you cared.....

Don't worry. I have a better one but I can't post it.

[+Nuclear Wessel]

1 minute ago, XenoFish said:

Don't worry. I have a better one but I can't post it.

[XenoFish]

2 minutes ago, Nuclear Wessel said:

[Crazy Horse]

7 minutes ago, Golden Duck said:

You're attempting obfuscate with the use of contractions and a use of fonts to alter semantics.

What it actually say on the tin is:

An atheist does not believe in GOD

Well if anyone knows about obfuscations..

 

[Crazy Horse]

8 minutes ago, XenoFish said:

Don't worry. I have a better one but I can't post it.

NO, no, the horseman is good.

[XenoFish]

1 minute ago, Crazy Horse said:

Well if anyone knows about obfuscations..

 

Can you tell us how it's done?

[Golden Duck]

Just now, Crazy Horse said:

Well if anyone knows about obfuscations..

 

Would say exactly what you said rather than "I am rubber. You are glue."

[Crazy Horse]

3 minutes ago, XenoFish said:

Can you tell us how it's done?

I only deal with the truth, XboxBoy..

Hope you like your new nick-name?