Posted on 10/28/2017 7:22:06 AM PDT by Raymond Pamintuan
In my previous article, I originally defined atheism as the rejection of the possibility that God exists because that is how Ive understood the word from the time I spent studying theodicy (God and the problem of evil). But many atheist commenters disagreed with this definition because their self-designation was based on belief statements that didnt align with my knowledge statement.
This article explains the differences between the viewpoints and the logic behind them.
Atheism is commonly called the belief that there arent any gods or the lack of belief in gods. But in a more accurate, philosophical sense, it is the knowledge that gods do not exist. This is easily seen by how an atheist answers the question: Is there a God? Belief is irrelevant to the question; knowledge is whats importantwith the only possible responses to be yes, no, or I dont know.
Calling oneself an atheist is chic in our society, and conveys an air of intellectual sophistication, but many chic atheists describe themselves incorrectly.
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What did you see out the window of that plane that proved to you your position was correct?
I know it is a sphere because NASA has produced some very compelling fake images.
That, or Oh Darwin!
What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one.. Romans 3:9-10
For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 64:6
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:22-24
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8,9
The pilot made an announcement and explained that because the plane was flying higher than usual to take advantage of a jet stream, if we looked out the window, we could start seeing the curvature of the earth.
I had a window seat, and wouldn’t you know it, you actually could. It was tiny, but an arc was definitely there.
The pilot then apologized, and said if we were in a Concorde and flew at its elevation, we would see darkness above us and an unmistakable curve on the horizon.
I still get goosebumps thinking about that flight.
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