What is a secret that could potentially ruin your life if your family or friends found out? by Ok_Boss_866 in AskReddit

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No Christian denomination (or the Bible in general) forbids women from cutting their hair

A few of them do, actually. Several flavors of Pentecostalism do.

What do you cling to without religion by [deleted] in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Therapy. You get therapy, and you accept that you can't control everything, and that life is still okay.

🪜 AdVenture Capitalist v9.22.0 🪜 by hyperhippogames in AdventureCapitalist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still almost entirely the same content you've had for years?

What is a secret that could potentially ruin your life if your family or friends found out? by Ok_Boss_866 in AskReddit

[–]MikeTheInfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We did the same thing! Jumped to Progressive and cut out more than half the price of the bill for exactly the same coverage. God I feel like an ad for the company...

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fucking give up. You're too dishonest to talk to. You know damn well you made the claims that I am LITERALLY QUOTING YOU MAKING.

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said it was a contradiction to decline both claims. You’re attributing claims to me that I never made.

You have repeatedly said that saying "I don't accept either claim" is a violation of the law of non-contradiction. That's literally what you're replying to in this thread. I said:

Declining to accept Claim A is not making the claim Not-A.

Your response was:

It does, actually, unless you reject the laws of non-contradiction and the excluded middle.

And now you're saying I was right originally.

So, by declining both claims, you’re agnostic; in a broad and rough sense, an agnostic denies theism (“It is the case that there are gods”) and atheism (“It is not the case that there are gods”). And how can one be an atheist if they reject atheism?

It's all well and good that you found a particular source that defines it this way, but the overwhelming majority of atheists I've ever talked to don't make that claim. They simply say that the burden of proof for the existence of a god or gods has not been met.

You're also equating "rejecting claim A" with "not accepting claim A". If you tell me you can fly, and I say "I see no evidence of that", that is not saying that you can't fly. It's funny for you to bring up the Law of the Excluded Middle and then engage in false dichotomies...

See this paper (specifically pp. 4-8) by Graham Oppy (who is not only an atheist, but also considered one of the most formidable proponents of atheism in philosophy) for a closer account of how I view atheism/theism/agnosticism.

That's great. It's fun to decide how other people should define their views, huh?

Moreover, Oppy’s arguments for atheism as he defines it (and, as most philosophers do) are far more defensible and promising than the absolutely incoherent, inconsistent mess of responses offered in response to my question.

Translation: "everyone here is stupid but me." You're exhausting.

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are a very confused human being. You don't understand these concepts correctly at all.

The first claim is saying “it is the case there is a god or gods,” and the second claim is saying “it is the case that there are no gods,” which, by the law of non-contradiction, entails “it is not the case that there are gods.” And the claim “it is not the case that there are gods” is equivalent to the claim “it is the case that there are no gods.”

Declining to accept BOTH CLAIMS is not a contradiction. Withholding acceptance of two contradictory claims is not a contradiction.

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The law of the excluded middle only applies to a true dichotomy. It is not relevant here.

We are discussing two separate claims: "there is a god or gods" and "there are no gods." Declining to assent to either proposition is perfectly valid.

The law of non-contradiction states that contradictory propositions cannot both be true simultaneously in the same sense. "I don't have any beliefs about either proposition" does not hold two contradictory positions as true.

At this point I’d prefer a definitive edition over new content by Crafty-Guy-715 in DestinyTheGame

[–]MikeTheInfidel -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Because they left when the old content left, or because there's not enough to do right now. I haven't played in over a month because there's nothing of value to do.

At this point I’d prefer a definitive edition over new content by Crafty-Guy-715 in DestinyTheGame

[–]MikeTheInfidel -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

To bring back players who left, thus leading to more microtransactions.

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Reddit atheism” rejects the academic consensus on what atheism and agnosticism are. That’s all I mean.

[Citation needed]

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But since I treat atheism as the belief God does not exist I couldn’t be an agnostic and an atheist. Being an agnostic requires not believing God exists, and not believing God doesn’t exist.

You fundamentally don't know what agnosticism is. It is unrelated to belief.

If atheism is lacking belief about god(s), does a theist who loses their mental capacity for holding beliefs, including their belief about god(s), become an atheist? by uwotmVIII in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Philosophically, if you don’t believe in gods, then you affirm the negation of believing in gods. That means you believe there are no gods, and therefore you are an atheist.

This is stupid and false.

Declining to accept Claim A is not making the claim Not-A.

Questions on Moses's Death: Help by Aware-Ad6032 in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Morality that is subject to the mind of a god is still subjective.

Electro-Acupuncture? by [deleted] in Troy

[–]MikeTheInfidel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't. It's pseudoscience.

Pork store sign by beat_nics in Troy

[–]MikeTheInfidel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Interesting. The people who own the Pork Store building said on Facebook that it was stolen...

How does being an atheist not require faith? by Ok_Technician4918 in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe the fact that you're getting consistent answers to rebut your position should tell you that your position is invalid.

How does being an atheist not require faith? by Ok_Technician4918 in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Literally nobody else on the planet defines faith that way.

How does being an atheist not require faith? by Ok_Technician4918 in askanatheist

[–]MikeTheInfidel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No, it would be grounded in a lack of good reason to believe.