George Levy wrote:
>
>Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
>
>>George Levy writes:
>>
>>>One more point for Stathis: If atheism is not a religion, then zero is
>>>not a number.
>>
>>There is a clear difference between, on the one hand, believing x despite
>>the lack of any supporting evidence and, on the other hand, not believing
>>x because of the lack of any supporting evidence
>
>
>As far as I know atheists believe in no god ( B~G or equivalently B( G=f
>) ) and agnostics do not commit themselves to believing in god. (~BG) . In
>that sense atheists are true believers. You are confusing the instance with
>the class. The fact that zero represents a null value does not mean that
>its status as a number is nil. The fact that atheists believe in zero god
>does not mean they do not believe in anything.
>
>George
>
Atheists do not always define the term "atheism" as believing there is no
God, they often define it simply as lacking any belief in God--see the
quotes from various atheist writers at
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/sn-definitions.html
Received on Mon Jan 09 2006 - 02:31:47 PST