To say categorically, "There is no God," is to make an absolute statement. For the statement to be true, I must know for certain that there is no God in the entire universe. No human being has all knowledge. Therefore, none of us is able to truthfully make this assertion.
If you insist upon disbelief in God, what you must say is, "Having the limited knowledge I have at present, I believe that there is no God." Owing to a lack of knowledge on your part, you don't know if God exists. So, in the strict sense of the word, you cannot be an atheist. The only true qualifier for the title is the One who has absolute knowledge? So wouldn't you be agnostic" - one who claims he "doesn't know" if God exists?
ON THE OTHER HAND:
I understand that Christians to claim that "God does exist" For the statement to be true, I must know for certain that there is a God in the universe. No human being has all knowledge. Therefore, none of us is able to truthfully make this assertion.
2007-08-10
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