So, I think knowing exactly what atheism entails, is consistent with, and *means* is an important thing to think long and hard about.
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@PhilosophyExp Not if you're a 'dictionary non-stamp collector' They're fuckbrained assholes though. Non-stamp collecting+ is the way to be.
@NotungSchwert FWIW, I've always thought the whole "non-stamp collecting" thing to be utterly vacuous. But there you go! :)
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@PhilosophyExp I disagree with you there - it's a nice illustration/analogy for those who 'just don't get it!' :) -
@NotungSchwert But it's entirely misleading. Activist atheism is absolutely bound up with issues of identity. Non-stamp collecting is not. -
@PhilosophyExp Yes, with 'activist' in the mix now, I'm with you! :) I think it's useful for people who can't understand 'negative' atheism. -
@NotungSchwert de facto atheism shares a lot in common with religion. De facto, if we're talking about movement atheism, it does! -
@PhilosophyExp Yep - I wouldn't use non-stamp collecting to talk about 'movement' atheism though. -
@PhilosophyExp But I get your point re: *atheists* in real world. Some have lots in common with the religious- I've come around to that idea -
@NotungSchwert non-stamp collecitng does not. (The wriggle room is that you could argue that humans are not compelled to address certain...
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@PhilosophyExp@NotungSchwert: Not vacuous if answ to “What do you believe then?”/“Atheism=just another faith”. Points to wrong assumptions. -
@PeterMonnerjahn@NotungSchwert But, as an answer to that question, it's vacuous because the analogy doesn't respect the metaphysical... 1/
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@PhilosophyExp@NotungSchwert: Vacuous: if u want to emph that you don’t just *happen* not to believe (#Atheism as concl of certain process) -
@PeterMonnerjahn@NotungSchwert complexities of non-belief (notwithstanding my earlier point about wriggle room). In other words, the...
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@PhilosophyExp@NotungSchwert I agree. I became persuaded by thinking about this: http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2011/05/against-terminological-mischief-negative-atheism-and-negative-nominalism.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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