Two Opposing Armies
3,085 views · Published 23 July 2011 · 3:44 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: BionicDance · 2011 · Education
Read my webcomic: http://kanirabaxter.comicgenesis.com/ Visit the BionicDance store: http://www.zazzle.com/bionicdance/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/BionicDance "The A-Word" Podcast: http://theaword.podomatic.com/ I wanted BabyGate OVER...but it seems I have to clarify my position AGAIN. Hmph. I REALLY hope this is the last video I feel compelled to make on this topic. IF YOU GET NOTHING ELSE OUT OF THIS VIDEO, please let it be that a description does not have to be useful, that it ONLY has to be accurate. Defining atheism as an absence of theism is the only truly accurate definition of the word: a-theism, not being a theist. And don't give me that garbage about 'atheism' being derived from 'atheos' and not 'a-theism'; if you look 'em up, BOTH 'theism' AND 'atheism' are derived from 'theos', so you're not making a relevant argument. And let me emphasize again that if you want to describe babies as being distinct from people who've made an informed choice of position, add "implicit" or "tacit" to "atheist"...they're still atheists because they believe in no gods; they're distinct from other atheists in that their position is not arrived at by concious thought, hence the modifiers. But trying to make them NOT atheists is a steaming pantload...tell me how many gods you think they believe in; if it's more than zero, you're full of shit. If it's zero, then they're not believers, so they're atheists. DEAL WITH IT. Seriously, I can't believe we have to argue about this, I really can't.
