Posted: Jan 18, 2011 2:15 am
the mouse wrote:Goldenmane wrote: And here we run into the problem of non-rigorous thought.
It has nothing to do with rigorous thought, and all to do with language. A number of our newly minted atheist have an unfamiliarity with the word "God". The poster said that he believes in a higher power that gives him comfort, an atheist who is familiar with the vocabulary should have asked how does this God/Higher power give him comfort, and from such question one would garner more about the nature of this higher power that he believes in.
Fastonez didn't use the term "higher power" he/she has used the word "god." "Higher power" is your contribution.
If Fastonez had used the term "higher power" then we, or at least I would be asking him/her to define or describe this higher power, but that is not the case. So, since Fastonez is a self-described believer in god it is not unreasonable for anyone to ask for some clarification about his/her beliefs.