Myers-Briggs and atheism

[One Bad Pig]

Its no more a "privilege" for Christians to staff a Christian website, than it is for atheists to staff an atheist website.

It's so much more fun to make up your own definitions for words. Loose yourself from the tyranny of the dictionary!

[Cerebrum123]

Correct. You lost me at XX.

I can't link to it because of profanity, but look up "Mustachioed Apologetics" by Armoured Skeptic. Or do you think he's just using a "fantasy term" too? Oh, and then there is this, an explanation on the history of the term "fundamentalist atheist".

Yeah, it's by JPH, but look at the sources who used it before he did. It's obviously not something he made up, and he never claims it's the "opposite of fundamental Christianity". If anything he thinks it's the atheist equivalent of "fundamentalist"* Christianity.

*Not the original meaning of the word, but the current trend of using it as an insult.

[Cerebrum123]

It's so much more fun to make up your own definitions for words. Loose yourself from the tyranny of the dictionary!

Don't forget historical usages, that way you can say someone is using "fantasy terms" when they pull out a term that's been in use for a long time.

[firstfloor]

Its no more a "privilege" for Christians to staff a Christian website, than it is for atheists to staff an atheist website.

Okay, that was a bad example.

[firstfloor]

Yeah, it's by JPH,................

This is a classic straw man argument.

[Cerebrum123]

This is a classic straw man argument.

No, it's a record of the usage of the term. However, what you just did was a classic genetic fallacy.

[firstfloor]

[Catholicity]

Actually the first time I heard the term of religion, fundamentalism, and Atheism came in the context of my Dad and I walking outside of a bookstore. We were discussing the types of books and he mentioned one that disturbed him. I asked what it was. He explained that it was the newest branch of Atheism that had nearly a religious, evangelical or fundamental tone. Holding may say "fundy" but he's not the first to invent the concept. Its been around for some time.

[Christianbookworm]

[firstfloor]

No, it's a record of the usage of the term. However, what you just did was a classic genetic fallacy.

The point is that atheists do not have creeds. They are often wrongly accused of having beliefs similar to religious beliefs (I have heard that said recently about evolution) but I think that is because there is confusion about what knowledge and beliefs are and what skepticism does to promote order among competing ideas.

[Cerebrum123]

The point is that atheists do not have creeds. They are often wrongly accused of having beliefs similar to religious beliefs (I have heard that said recently about evolution) but I think that is because there is confusion about what knowledge and beliefs are and what skepticism does to promote order among competing ideas.

Absolutely none of this has anything to do with what was said in Holding's video, nor anything I said. You really should at least watch that video by Armoured Skeptic, maybe you will at least not dismiss him since he's an atheist.

[Christianbookworm]

Absolutely none of this has anything to do with what was said in Holding's video, nor anything I said. You really should at least watch that video by Armoured Skeptic, maybe you will at least not dismiss him since he's an atheist.

He's not the same type of atheist as FF? Fundy atheist troll

[Cerebrum123]

He's not the same type of atheist as FF? Fundy atheist troll

You mean "slimy and dishonest"?

[One Bad Pig]

As thread starter, ff doesn't need to stay "on topic."

[Christianbookworm]

As thread starter, ff doesn't need to stay "on topic."

but granpa started it...