Re: The logic of atheism

Christopher A. Lee wrote:
"Paul Holbach" <paulholbachDELETETHENAME@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You're begging the question because in my opinion they do have
something to defend or, better, to justify. The weak atheists are fully
justified in not believing in God's existence if and only if they are
capable of invalidating the arguments of the theists, because in the
case of there being sound pro-theistic arguments even weak atheism
would /not/ be justified.

Why?

Simply because if there were any sound theistic arguments, we atheists
would be morally obliged to renounce atheism and become theists.
(To freely borrow a saying from Aristotle:
"Amici infideles, sed magis amica veritas!"--"The infidels are friends,
but Truth is a greater friend!")

You're projecting your strong atheist view and presumptions onto the
rest of us.

No, I'm just underlining the basic ethical rules of ideological
sportsmanship, one of which is:
"Thou shalt pay due attention to your opponent's arguments!"

Regards
PH

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