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malaise

(269,219 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 08:40 AM Apr 2015

Two Jamaican atheists respond to a lighthead

who poses as a serious thinker. Delish
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20150429/six-hitting-boyne%E2%80%99s-no-balls-atheism
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Bowling to Dr Patrick White, a leading atheist batsman, Ian's wayward deliveries include assertions that:
- Darwinian atheists have no basis for asserting objective morality or moral realism, and that by doing so they were intellectual parasites.

- Evolutionary theory and atheism have no ontological basis for positing objective morality, and that moral subjectivism or constructivism is a necessary corollary of atheism.

- Without a belief "in God or some supernatural reality outside of nature", atheists have no basis for protesting human-rights abuses or being against genocide and slavery, while remaining silent on the slaughter of millions of chickens, cows and sheep.

not a philosophy
At the heart of Ian's propensity for wayward deliveries is his philosophical confusion about the nature of atheism - which in turn arises from his theistic investment in supernaturalism. Despite previous attempts to school Ian, he is yet to appreciate that atheism is not a philosophy, but merely disbelief in god(s). As a matter of logic, non-belief cannot translate into affirmative acceptance of, or belief in, Darwinism, evolutionary theory, or any other secular philosophy, including human rights and secular humanism.
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Boyne has been schooled -yet again.

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Two Jamaican atheists respond to a lighthead (Original Post) malaise Apr 2015 OP
Jah Bless... PeoViejo Apr 2015 #1
Ah, yes. "I won't kill or rape you as long as I believe in God." Orsino Apr 2015 #2
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