Logic Is Word Math (and math is sexy)

A video in what is now turning into a small series of videos on atheism and the definitions surrounding atheism and theism. As well as an exercise in logic, and it's practical applications.

The final video will be in regards to one of my biggest pet peeves, the definitions of "weak" and "strong" atheism. Because "Strong" atheism, isn't atheism at all.

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[ThinkAbout1t]

@fakeham We're protesting it because the dictionary has it wrong. Words are defined by their constructs. The prefix "a" does not mean to be against, or to oppose. It means not, or without. So atheism is simply without theism. It's not against theism, or opposing theism.

There's a false dichotomy in place, and it needs to be corrected.

[lluttrelltv]

This video is full of logical fallacies.

[h4xww]

now I know how to troll nerd christians

[ThinkAbout1t]

@jjaggers Whereas by staying in just the middle ground (atheist) you simply don't believe a claim.

And yes, they're all non-theistic.

[ThinkAbout1t]

@jjaggers You confuse disbelieving in something with believing the opposite.

If I don't believe in a god. It doesn't mean I take the stance that that god doesn't exist. It puts me in a middle ground between whether it does or doesn't. That is what it is to be atheistic towards a god. An agnostic would take the stance that to put yourself in that middle ground is illogical because you can't know whether either side of the spectrum is correct, and thus should be open to the entire spectrum. cont.

[jjaggers]

@ThinkAbout1t

1. Non-theism simply means belief which is not theistic, as such it covers a whole category of (non)belief. Atheism would be out and out disbelief concerning god, whereas agnosticism is the belief that proof is impossible both for and against as per god. Nihilism is the belief not only that there is no god but that everything is false. All three seem to not be theistic and are thus non-theistic.

2. Then what, pray tell, is a dilemma?

[ThinkAbout1t]

@jjaggers 1. You wouldn't use the term non-theist to describe an atheist. Simple as that, there's a better term. And an agnostic does not simply meet the requirements I previously mentioned, but they also propose to take a side is equally illogical. What I mean to say by my definition of non-theist is someone who simply doesn't give a damn.

2. Impossible. Even if it's subconscious, our analytical minds and hardwired to assess situations as soon as they're presented one. We can change after tho.

[jjaggers]

@ThinkAbout1t

I disagree... 1) you have described an agnostic which is but one type of non-theist. Atheism is another type of non-theism.

2) It is possible not to come to an automatic judgment and even if one initially judges they may withdraw judgment after a period of inquiry. This is the case with many people who either always took the agnostic stance or arrived at it. After all, it is as logically impossible to prove the nonexistence of God(s) as it is to prove an unverifiable hypothesis.

[jjaggers]

(cont)

Conclusions, first we must see that in this model that Theism and Non-theism are disjunct having no common variables. Therefore we have |: ~(A&B) which follows from the law of non-contradiction. Incidentally we can have |: (~A&~B) which could be most accurately described as nihilism. Within the circles the overlaps are not scales of belief, but combinations of belief- another way this model is superior. I will not go into the logistics of the subsections unless you really want it.