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Since this is almost entirely a log of my musings on various topics, I'll be leaving this exerpt from a philosophic discussion here.
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Originally posted by [withheld]:
The god/no-god question is moot. We must ask ourselves the following question "What is it, that is god/no-god?".
The best illustration I could give. Don't answer the question directly. Instead, try to describe the essential characteristics of god/no-god first in order to imagine a blurry picture of what you are seeking after.
Once you have come up with a list of such characteristics of god/no-god then you may attempt to come to a consensus about how to label it, or name it. What is it?
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Your language implies there's some thing, "no-god", that athiests hold beliefs about in the same manner that thiests hold beliefs about god. This, to me, is a trap. As soon as "there is/are no god(s)" is included in a belief structure, it's premise is contradicted by the very presence of the object being negated. Such a self-referential belief only serves to prevent the concept from ceasing to be, since it's non-existence would be self-evident by virtue of it not being present in the belief structure.
TL;DR- Belief against and lack of belief are two different things.
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My my, its been a year and a half since my last post.