But people who say they are atheists are not wrong to say so unless they're using the term to deny what Peterson said - that we are animals whose minds have been shaped in ways that include a tendency to believe in gods. I've never known anyone to use 'atheist' to mean this.https://twitter.com/New_Stripe/status/990268027022336001 …
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One is a belief that something does exist and another is a belief that something doesn’t exist. Both require the (false) belief that it is possible “know” if that thing exists.
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What is a disbelief, then? And no, why do you need to think it is possible to know if a thing exists to believe or disbelieve in it?
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2/ When it comes to the belief in the existence of some thing, you should have knowledge of it, but as we know that isn’t always the case.
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Belief and knowledge often don't go well together. If I know something, I don't need belief.
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Yes, but that isn’t what I am saying. I am saying that your beliefs (if you want to be reasonable and logical) should be rooted in some sort of knowledge. Most atheist root their belief (the belief that God doesn’t exist), in knowledge that is unattainable. Same flaw as theists.
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Have you done a survey on that? I'd like to see it. AFAIC, I weighed the evidence for a deity existing and found it wanting. And I'm not Mulder.
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To answer this question you first have to determine what it means to exist. Once you define existence, you can answer the question of God.
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What is the "question of God"?
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