Re: The logic of atheism

Ron Peterson wrote:
Paul Holbach wrote:

Put simply, materialism is the view that everything is entirely
composed of matter.

That's a simplistic view.

Well, that's the core of materialism:

"Basically the view that everything is made of matter."

["Materialism". In T. Honderich (Ed.), /The Oxford companion to
philosophy/. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995.]

The atheist must affirm the negation of what is affirmed by the theist.

That's only if you assume that the purpose of the atheist is counter
the arguments of the theist.

Anybody who doesn't affirm the negation of what the theists affirm is
not an atheist -- for obvious reasons.

"[I]f you ask what the most fundamental thing is about believing in
God, I would say that it is believing that there is a personal ground
of being, that the universe is in some sense grounded in a personal
reality. The universe is not the product of blind unconscious will, law
or accident. It is the product of a reality which we may rightly call
conscious, purposive, wise and good."

You're falling into the theist trap which is to imply that theism is
about a belief in a god.

What do you think theism is?!
Its content is exactly what Ward states.

Regards
PH

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