Posted: Dec 26, 2011 11:59 am
The main argument for strong atheism would be that there is absolutely no sane reason to call any (hypothetical or real) entity "a god." The god-concept itself has no rational basis.
Let's say, for the sake of the argument, that I go in my laboratory and create a universe (see wikipedia: the simulation hypothesis.) That universe would be as real to its inhabitants as ours is to us. I can control, modify and intervene in this universe as I please, performing miracles and whatnot.
Do I become a god? Would you consider me a god? Should I consider myself a god?
You will probably answer "no" to all 3 questions, in which case it doesn't make sense for the inhabitants of my universe to call me a god either, because obviously I'm not one.
In other words, I don't claim there are no gods. Instead I claim that the words "god", "deity", "divine being" and so on, have no meaning and should be dismissed as archaic and outdated concepts.
Let's say, for the sake of the argument, that I go in my laboratory and create a universe (see wikipedia: the simulation hypothesis.) That universe would be as real to its inhabitants as ours is to us. I can control, modify and intervene in this universe as I please, performing miracles and whatnot.
Do I become a god? Would you consider me a god? Should I consider myself a god?
You will probably answer "no" to all 3 questions, in which case it doesn't make sense for the inhabitants of my universe to call me a god either, because obviously I'm not one.
In other words, I don't claim there are no gods. Instead I claim that the words "god", "deity", "divine being" and so on, have no meaning and should be dismissed as archaic and outdated concepts.