Negative atheism? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 14:58 (3417 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


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> Tony: I think the issue is in how the questions are framed. 
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> A theist can examine purely how something was done and believe that God chose to do it that way regardless of the results. 
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> An Agnostic can believe or disbelieve whatever they choose, and the question of whether or not there is a God is of little importance.
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> An Atheist, however, has to disprove the existence of God AND prove that everything had to be possible WITHOUT God. 
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> Atheist, by definition, have to prove a negative.-Welcome back! Well thought out. Atheists choose to not have an explanation and rely on contingency and chance as reasonable causation. That non sequitor makes no sense to me.