Vladimir_Nesov comments on Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tut 02 July 2009 12:42:24PM 0 points [-]

The difference is what would happen if they were to encounter evidence for the existence of a deity. A weak atheist would start to believe no matter how weak the evidence, wheras the strong atheist would only start to believe if the evidence was stronger than his prior evidence against god. And the strong atheist would probably be much more dilligent in trying to defeat arguments for god.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 July 2009 05:55:26PM *  1 point [-]

The difference is what would happen if they were to encounter evidence for the existence of a deity.

But then it won't be God, it'll be the specific thing which this is evidence of. "God" is a word gone wrong.