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- From: cjhs@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: Atheism is dogmatic.
- Message-ID: <727650927.20626@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 21:15:27 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.094518.17182@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- : In <rabjab.27.727501059@golem.ucsd.edu> rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu (rabjab) writes:
- :
- : >Atheism seems to be guilty of what is proposes to conteract.
- :
- : >Because atheism represents a belief in the non-existence of God,
- : >it takes a dogmatic position relative to what could exist.
- :
- : >-rabjab
-
- It seems to me that you make no distinction between "holding a
- position" and "holding a position dogmatically".
-
- You are esentially rendering the word "dogmatic" meaningless.
-
- Fred (commenting on the above extract) thinks you have made a
- different mistake.
-
- Fred Rice (darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
- : I made the same mistake you are making here about a month ago.
- :
- : Apparently, here in this group, the general definition of "atheism" used
- : is "a lack of a belief in one or more dieties".
-
- I do not think this is the problem.
-
- I am a strong atheist. However, I do not think I am "dogmatic" about
- it. I consider that that available evidence suggests no entity exists
- which has anything much in common with the usual definitions of God.
-
- I do not consider the evidence is conclusive, and so this, like any
- aspect of my internal model for reality, is always subject to review.
-
- Hence, although I am a strong atheist, I do not think it accurate to
- characterize my position as dogmatic.
-
- Cheers -- Chris Ho-Stuart
-