| <Last time I checked the Ancient Greeks were Theists>
"No. They were polytheists."
Listen Mr. MENSA, the general category of Theist includes all forms of Theism, be they Polytheism, Monotheism or Pantheism. DUH!!!! You are supposed to be an Atheist, what in the
world are you doing stealing "first" and foundational principles from the other side? Chuckle....
"Human values have existed in human cultures and societies as long as humans have existed."
Well that's pretty much the point, isn't it; all those Human Cultures were in one form or another, Theistic. Your bizarre brand of militant Atheism has been around for les than a blink of an eye and is inherently self refuting. In fact it's so bad that you have to steal basic categories of good and evil from the very people you claim to despise.
"The Buddha was one of the greatest moral leaders in history and did not believe in any gods."
First of all, given your methodology of approaching the biblical texts, you can't seriously be asking anyone to believe that you know the first thing about the fictional Character you refer to as the Buddha, are you? That would be hilarious!
Secondly, Mr. MENSA, Pantheism is just another form of Theism, so you are right back to begging for scraps from your avowed enemies |
"The Greek were polytheists—NOT theists."
You are just repeating yourself, desperately hoping against reason that repeating a falsehood will somehow magically transform a lie into the truth.
Theism 101: What is Theism?
To put it simply, theism is a belief in the existence of at least one god -
nothing more, nothing less. Theism does not depend upon how many gods one
believes in. Theism does not depend upon how the term 'god' is defined. Theism
does not depend upon how one arrives at their belief. Theism does not depend
upon how one defends their belief. atheism.about.com "Your use of "theism" was expressly intending to the pretense that non-Christians have stolen their moral values from the Christian superstitions."
Clearly, you have indeed "stolen" your moral values from Theistic religious principles when you pilfered the clearly Theistic moral obligation to "First, do no harm" and then tried to pretend that it is the bedrock principle that undergirds your Atheism. It's actually quite funny, really. |
