attila writes:
agreed, the strong v. weak atheist argument is _impossible_.
I'll try one last time and then let this grossly off-topic thread continue without me. The weak atheist position is a _lack_ of belief. No knowledge claim is made. This position can come from a number of perspectives, one common one being that the concept denoted by the word "god" is incoherent. If a concept is without meaning then it doesn't make sense to claim to believe that it doesn't exist; such a claim would itself be incoherent. The strong atheist position that god(s) do not exist does constitute a knowledge claim. It implies that the holder of the position associates a particular, meaningful concept with the word "god". It doesn't, however, indicate anything about the other beliefs of the atheist in question. There must be some 'net law regarding the effort required to make a point being inversely proportional to the complexity and importance of that point.... Regards, pjm