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Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
1. Humans are not omnipresent or omniscent
2. Without omnipresence or omniscence, one cannot know with absolute certainty whether or not there is or is not a God/Gods 3. Humans cannot know with absolute certainty whether there is a God/Gods or not. 4. If one cannot be certain of there being or not being a God/Gods, then one cannot logically be an atheist 5. Therefore it's logically invalid for one to claim they are an atheist. |
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
I actually am an agnostic. But I'm sure someone is about to point out that you can say the same thing about leprechauns.
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
1. Humans are not omnipresent or omniscent
2. Without omnipresence or omniscence, one cannot know with absolute certainty whether or not there is or is not a Flying spagheti monster that rules all of us 3. Humans cannot know with absolute certainty whether there is a Flying spagheti monster that rules all of us or not. 4. If one cannot be certain of there being or not being a Flying spagheti monster that rules all of us, then one cannot logically be an atheist 5. Therefore it's logically invalid for one to claim they are an atheist. |
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
Using your logic humans can't know anything with absolute certainty.
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
That is because leprechauns are logically possible.
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
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That is because leprechauns are logically possible. [/ QUOTE ] What? Are you saying god isn't logically possible? If so, why are you rejecting atheism? |
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
I am not rejecting god, I am saying it is not valid to call oneself an atheist.
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
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Using your logic humans can't know anything with absolute certainty. [/ QUOTE ] Ding ding ding, we have a winner! |
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
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I am not rejecting god, I am saying it is not valid to call oneself an atheist. [/ QUOTE ] I'm saying that in your argument, as you've written it, you can replace god with 'leprechauns' or 'unicorns'. Are you saying that we can't deny the existence of these things either? If you are, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just trying to figure out what your position is... |
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Re: Logically refuting atheism in favor of agnosticism
Yes, you can replace leprechauns and unicorns. That doesn't change the strength of the argument as it relates to God/gods.
Almost anything you can think up is logically possible. 2+2 = 10 is not logically possible though. |
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