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Category Archives: Apisticism
The difference between atheism, theism, and agnosticism.
The chart below is made in response to this chart, which was meant to show that atheism is not a belief, and that there can be agnostic atheists and agnostic theists. In contrast, my chart shows atheism ‘is’ a belief … Continue reading
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Reason Rally vs. True Reason
As I write this I am downloading the e-book, True Reason, which is part of a response from the Christian Apologetics Alliance to the Reason Rally coming up March 24 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Besides the book, … Continue reading
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Genuine faith is never blind
I grew up believing that reason can only take you so far–after that, faith takes over. In one sense this belief is true: Intellectual faith/belief, if it isn’t blind, comes ‘after’ good evidence. However, in the sense that faith persists … Continue reading
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Hume’s is-ought, Plato’s true-justified, Euthyphro’s dilemma and Gettier’s problem
Hume‘s is-ought (fact-value) distinction is the same as Plato‘s true-justified distinction. When is/true/fact and ought/justified/value are not kept distinct, the Euthyphro dilemma as applied to epistemology ensues: Are we justified in believing (ought we believe) merely because our belief is true (can truth justify … Continue reading
Atheism and agnosticism (really, apisticism) as belief
First I will grant that agnosticism (a better word for this being ‘apisticism’) is neutral in order to make the claim that atheism is a belief because it lacks the neutrality of apisticism. Then I will challenge the neutrality of … Continue reading
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Replacing Agnosticism with Apisticism
This article argues we replace the word “agnosticism” (lack of knowing) with the word “apisticism” (lack of believing) on every belief scale. The current debate between Myers and Coyne on the falsifiability of atheism is complicated by a misunderstanding of faith/belief as … Continue reading
The New, New Theism
Edited the fourth option on my scale 2/17/11. THE NEW, NEW THEISM (a bit of satire)followed by three versions of Dawkins’ belief scale, the final version being mine The theism of the New, New Theism is not a belief, but a … Continue reading
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