It's a dialectic isn't it?
2007-11-29 03:34:17 · 6 answers · asked by michinoku2001 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rather than the semantics I'm more interested in the idea that skeptics are essential to faith, somewhat like without Judas''s betrayal, manking would be SOL.
2007-11-29 04:23:55 · update #1
mankind could not be saved..sorry!
2007-11-29 04:24:30 · update #2
Yes. If God came down and pesonally spoke to everyone, then theism would exist and atheism would not. They may still choose not to worship God, but they could no longer believe that God does not exist.
2007-11-29 03:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's like asking can organization be possible without disorganization. You are asking about words.
If I believe in God, I am a theist. If I don't, I am an atheist. It's just rules of English grammar.
2007-11-29 11:38:52 · answer #2 · answered by mark777 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how you could ever have an absence of atheism. Oh, yeah, you could prove there was a God to absolutely everybody, indisputably. Good luck.
2007-11-29 11:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Absence" is a negative, a zero, a lack and not something existing.
2007-11-29 11:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by deanr610 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm...yeah.
2007-11-29 11:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by Scumspawn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not according to the Tao, which is ironic really...............
2007-11-29 11:41:21 · answer #6 · answered by Hex the Fundies (JPAA) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋