So when Atheists say they dont believe in "your God", they are actually saying that a God exists....
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At first I thought this might be a simple use of Saint Anselm's "proof" of God. That was an attempt to show that having a concept of God to deny implied the existence of God.
Technically, he's right. "I don't believe in your God" could be seen to imply the existence of another. Here's a phrase that could instead be used to provide more clarity: "I don't believe in your 'God'." Note the quotes around the word "God".
Gods and demons, etc, exist within the mass psyche. I will allow that premise.
That pathetic dipshit monomaniac Jehovah, is a psychic dead-end. Anyone with sensitivity, sense, or normal instinct recognizes that.
Keep "your God", loser.
I can actually see what this person is trying to get at by including 'your' in the quote. However, as a long-time atheist, I would never say "I don't believe in your God". I don't see the necessity to qualify which god I don't believe in, for the simple reason that I don't believe in any of them. I would generally just say "I don't believe in God". However, when speaking to a fundie who continually espouses the benefits of belief in 'his' god, I can understant why someone would qualify a reply to him by saying "But I don't believe in your god."
That's more Agnostic as they think possibly there might be one God (or more) but having no religion don't believe in a particular one or faith
as in "they dont believe in "your God","
But the way it's worded it's the best argument they have for their Gods existance. That many don't believe in him. Logic fail
"So when Atheists say they dont believe in "your God", they are actually saying that a God exists...."
Although I'm an Atheist, I'm actually a born-again Urdist:
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We believe that one day, Urd (the Norn of the Past) will emerge through our TV/monitor screens and solve the world's problems by screwing everyone senseless.
I can't prove it of course, but then who needs proof when you've got 'faith' eh Josh?
If you don't believe in Urd, you are actually saying that she exists...
...and unlike your 'God', at least my God(dess) can be seen . Amirite?
I love the smell of destroyed arguments in the morning. Smells like... victory.
suggesting that acknowledging the existence of a concept == believing in the veracity of that concept?
oh, that could so easily be turned back around.
Apparently we are also saying that Ra exists, and Thor, and Zeus, and Freya, and Ganesh and Shiva, and Buddha, and Quetzalcoatl, and Gaea, and, and, fucking and...
Guess every single deity thought up by man did exist. Or none did...
From a strictly semantic standpoint, you are correct.
However, it's the same difference between a comma being the difference between "Let's eat, Grandma" and "Let's eat Grandma." Bad grammar denotes cannibalism now?
“So when Atheists say they dont believe in "your God", they are actually saying that a God exists....”
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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