- 04 May 2003 07:07
#9724
Every time I speak to a theist devil about the existence of God, the discussion quickly turns out to be, on the part of the theist, not a defence of God's alleged existence, but on the contrary an attack: an attack frequently on Atheism, and equally frequently on Atheists; and, on my part, the discussion turns out to be a needlessly lengthy one on the definition of the word "Atheism". There can never be progress until the theist devils admit that their arguments are based upon a false definition of the word "Atheism", a word which can be easily comprehended and correctly employed if they only had the mental capacity to infer from the simple definition of the prefix "-a" in the word "Atheism" a lack of belief in Deity.
Utterly destroyed! Wellnigh every single argument, utterly destroyed by the correct definition. Only when the theist devils accept the true definition of atheism shall they know that they cannot possibly win; they shall therefore refuse to accept it; they shall defend themselves by saying, "You are being pedantic", or "It is only a word. Let us not reduce this to a discussion of mere words.". However, discussion is futile when both sides are in disagreement with regards to the definition of the word which is the subject of the discussion, that is, in this case, "atheism". (The subject, by the way, is almost invariably turned into a discussion of atheism when it was originally a discussion on Deity's existence.).
It is absolutely pointless, therefore, to speak to theists when they refuse to accept the fact that Atheism is not a belief. Try forcing with all your might the meaning of Atheism a thousand times into the cranium of a single theist: it will always burst out his ears. He will refuse to accept it in every case: he will gouge out his eyes, stab pencils into his ears -- so as to be unable to hear or see the definition -- before he will accept it; he will hang himself before he will accept it; he knows in his kidney that he is wrong if he accepts it. (Actually, he is wrong to begin with, for he has not the correct definition of Atheism in the first place.)
Utterly destroyed! Wellnigh every single argument, utterly destroyed by the correct definition. Only when the theist devils accept the true definition of atheism shall they know that they cannot possibly win; they shall therefore refuse to accept it; they shall defend themselves by saying, "You are being pedantic", or "It is only a word. Let us not reduce this to a discussion of mere words.". However, discussion is futile when both sides are in disagreement with regards to the definition of the word which is the subject of the discussion, that is, in this case, "atheism". (The subject, by the way, is almost invariably turned into a discussion of atheism when it was originally a discussion on Deity's existence.).
It is absolutely pointless, therefore, to speak to theists when they refuse to accept the fact that Atheism is not a belief. Try forcing with all your might the meaning of Atheism a thousand times into the cranium of a single theist: it will always burst out his ears. He will refuse to accept it in every case: he will gouge out his eyes, stab pencils into his ears -- so as to be unable to hear or see the definition -- before he will accept it; he will hang himself before he will accept it; he knows in his kidney that he is wrong if he accepts it. (Actually, he is wrong to begin with, for he has not the correct definition of Atheism in the first place.)
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