XPost: alt.atheism, talk.philosophy.humanism   
   From: les@shant-tell.com   
      
   On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:03:18 -0330, David Dalton    
   wrote:   
      
   >Most atheists would say that they do not believe in God.   
      
   Not this atheist since I do not even believe there is a god   
   (whatever one of these is supposed to be) to have   
   a belief in.   
      
      
   >But if you make such a statement, how are you defining God?   
      
   Same way as we define everything else.   
      
   By observation.   
      
   Here is my definition  of 'god' based on what I actually   
   know about it:   
      
   God is a three letter word with two consonants and   
   a vowel. The word is an anagram of dog   
      
   I cannot tell you anymore  since that is all the factual   
   information I am aware of as opposed to what others   
   believe and are seemingly unable to explain   
      
   Which is not for the want of asking but certianly   
   for the want of being offered   
      
   I have yet to come across a theist who even makes   
   any attempt to justify what the believes - they   
   seemingly want us to accept what they claim just   
   on their say-so.   
      
   Which brings me back to 'Dukes Gap' the   
   yawing gulf between 'we have' and 'here is'   
      
      
   >I think most atheists would say "the creator of the   
   >universe" where the universe is defined as spacetime   
   >and its contents, not as all/everything.   
      
   Not this atheist   
      
   It is the theist who claim it created everything but   
   seem unable to provide any evidence to show it   
   is so.   
      
   Or even that it actually exists as claimed   
      
      
      
      
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