Yet Another What the Hell is Atheism Thread

[Mavorpen]

Edit: Split from the Respecting Faith Thread. Enjoy. -NERV

And you've just shown why belief in God/Hell is silly.

Thank you for playing along.

It proves equally well how atheism is silly.

Only if you don't know what atheism is.

[Frisivisia]

Except that burden of proof rests on the person making outrageous claims. Namely, you.

What ''outrageous claim'' did I make?

That there is a God, heaven, hell etc.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

It proves equally well how atheism is silly.

Only if you don't know what atheism is.

Belief in no gods or supreme beings. That's the whole definition.

[Frisivisia]

And you've just shown why belief in God/Hell is silly.

Thank you for playing along.

It proves equally well how atheism is silly.

Because it isn't an argument, it's a circlejerk. (Which I generally find to be lovely things, being a Hindu.)

Burden of proof is a thing. Which exists. And is logical.

[Vortropolis]

What ''outrageous claim'' did I make?

That there is a God, heaven, hell etc.

I never made that claim in this argument.

[Frisivisia]

That there is a God, heaven, hell etc.

I never made that claim in this argument.

By being a theist, you already have. Unless you aren't, in which case, from where are you arguing?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

It proves equally well how atheism is silly.

Because it isn't an argument, it's a circlejerk. (Which I generally find to be lovely things, being a Hindu.)

Burden of proof is a thing. Which exists. And is logical.

And?

[Vortropolis]

Only if you don't know what atheism is.

Belief in no gods or supreme beings. That's the whole definition.

Ya, pretty much.

[Mavorpen]

Only if you don't know what atheism is.

Belief in no gods or supreme beings. That's the whole definition.

No. It's lack of belief in god/gods.

Do you now want to argue not believing in unicorns is silly?

[Mavorpen]

Belief in no gods or supreme beings. That's the whole definition.

Ya, pretty much.

No, pretty wrong.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Belief in no gods or supreme beings. That's the whole definition.

No. It's lack of belief in god/gods.

Do you now want to argue not believing in unicorns is silly?

No, I like Celestia.

[Frisivisia]

Burden of proof is a thing. Which exists. And is logical.

And?

Burden of proof states that the one who makes a claim must prove their claim, not have it disproven. Bullshit until proven true.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

And?

Burden of proof states that the one who makes a claim must prove their claim, not have it disproven. Bullshit until proven true.

And?

[Mavorpen]

No. It's lack of belief in god/gods.

Do you now want to argue not believing in unicorns is silly?

No, I like Celestia.

So am I to take it you're admitting that you're wrong?

[Nightkill the Emperor]

No, I like Celestia.

So am I to take it you're admitting that you're wrong?

Nope.

[Mavorpen]

Burden of proof states that the one who makes a claim must prove their claim, not have it disproven. Bullshit until proven true.

And?

What was that about not getting into circlejerks?

[Frisivisia]

Burden of proof states that the one who makes a claim must prove their claim, not have it disproven. Bullshit until proven true.

And?

God is said claim. Therefore, since God is not proven, we assume God not to be real, a la Russell's Teapot (is it Russell's? I forget )

[Nightkill the Emperor]

And?

What was that about not getting into circlejerks?

Precisely my point. They're very stupid.

[Vortropolis]

Ya, pretty much.

No, pretty wrong.

Atheism ''The theory or belief that God does not exist'' thats pretty much the same definition as nightkill, but with different wording,

[Mavorpen]

So am I to take it you're admitting that you're wrong?

Nope.

I'm not seeing any evidence that you were right.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Nope.

I'm not seeing any evidence that you were right.

I'm not seeing any I'm wrong.

All I see is that circlejerks are utterly unproductive.

[Mavorpen]

No, pretty wrong.

Atheism ''The theory or belief that God does not exist'' thats pretty much the same definition as nightkill, but with different wording,

Except that's not the definition of atheism in any dictionary I've ever seen. Did you take that from Conservapedia or something?

[Frisivisia]

I'm not seeing any evidence that you were right.

I'm not seeing any I'm wrong.

All I see is that circlejerks are utterly unproductive.

You are deliberately refusing to accept burden of proof. We don't have to disprove your bullshit statement, you have to prove it.

[Vortropolis]

Atheism ''The theory or belief that God does not exist'' thats pretty much the same definition as nightkill, but with different wording,

Except that's not the definition of atheism in any dictionary I've ever seen. Did you take that from Conservapedia or something?

''merriam-webster.com''

[Mavorpen]

I'm not seeing any evidence that you were right.

I'm not seeing any I'm wrong.

All I see is that circlejerks are utterly unproductive.

Except YOU made it into a circle jerk. I actually wanted to debate. Instead, you felt the need to derail the thread into shit to make a point when we ALREADY ended the circle jerk.

Oh, and you're wrong.