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Old 08-26-2003, 09:57 PM   #43 (permalink)
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TheKak, what I mean to say is that I believe that it is more likely that God does not exist. I'm not writing gambling odds, just saying that that's how it appears to me. I think it's more probable that I evolved and that before that the universe spontaneously created itself, than that a divine being created both me and the universe.

Prosequence, you know what I mean. Why do you say that Atheism doesn't exist?

If you're telling me that Atheism doesn't exist because it is defined in terms of theism, I disagree. We are usually asked to defend our positions in terms of why we don't believe in a particular deity or theistic system, so we react to that. But if no religions existed, atheism still might; we don't "not believe in God" so much as belive that "the universe works in the absence of a divine being." It's a subtle difference, but an important one.

If you want a better response, you're going to have to further clarify your question. Explicitly and at reasonable length.
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