ext_13277 ([identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] matgb 2006-09-28 03:06 pm (UTC)

I don't see a difference in the positions.

I believe in no gods.
You believe in no gods.

This carries with it the implicit assumption that, lacking a belief in any gods, you believe that no gods exist.

You mistake this for a positive statement for some reason I don't understand. Perosnally, I find this to be misleading and generally a weakening of the position, most often taken as a strawman by theists attempting to prove that you, not they, are making the counterfactual leap.

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