SkepticalOne wrote:
Since you keep begging for evidence I will assume you mean theism to mean "God exists" (God of Abraham for my specific case), therefore atheism, being the opposite, would be "God does not exist".
Atheism (lack of belief) is not the opposite of theism. Specific flavors of theism make claims and each one is like particular frequency of sound. Christianity might be C#, Islam could be B♭, Judaism perhaps middle C.
LOL, this is the proclamation of your faith, it is certainly not based on evidence.
Atheism makes no claim and does not contribute to the cacophony.
By definition, Atheists make the claim that God does not exist. This "makes no claim" pillar of your faith is necessary in order support your sacred "Burden of Proof is on you" ritual.
Atheists are like the guy who lives on a cul de sac trying to sleep while all the neighbors are having loud, dissonant parties. 😉
LOL, cute, but pure fantasy.
The Internet Atheist is not trying to sleep, the internet atheist is mostly nocturnal, representing one side of the two groups of fundamentalists on the internet that are making all that loud dissonant noise. These two groups of extremist posters are, taken by themselves, inexplicable within the context of their respective positions and which do in fact represent two “polar opposite” categories of one and the same extremism. On one side of this polarity is an excessively dogmatic secular modernism that doesn’t appear to be true to science, and on the other side of the coin, it is opposed by a dogmatic religious fundamentalism that doesn’t appear to be true to Jesus.
I think this is the key to understanding the phenomena, to say that “opposites” are “polar” is to say much more than they are opposed or separated; it is to say that they constitute a whole. There is a reciprocal, transactional relationship being described. Polar opposites don’t even exist without each other, they are contingent upon each other, you just can’t have the one without the other. Polar opposites are like the two sides of a coin, or the two ends of a stick; they reference two opposing aspects of one and the same thing.
This would certainly explain why there are more similarities than differences between the posts of a SkepticalOne and a Kermos for instance, they only appear to be opposites but are in fact inseparable opposites; they constitute a whole. Seen as mirror images of one and the same extremist, they are not mutually exclusive at all; in fact, they are mutually sustaining, reciprocal in their true nature. They are not trying to sleep, they are like an excitable little dog barking at his own inverted image in the mirror.
Funny Dogs Barking At Themselves In Mirrors Compilation 2016
"To know a person's religion, we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance." - Eric Hoffer