Sarpedon
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The argument that theism must precede atheism because there must first be a statement before a negation can be made is just another stupid semantic argument.
You could just as easily say there was never a time before the existence of cars, because such a state would be called 'carless,' and you need 'cars' before you can be 'carless.'
Reality is not a word game, and does not obey the rules of grammar. It existed before humans started forming ideas and using words to describe them. The words and definitions are conventions which are useful only in communicating ideas. There is nothing else to them.
You could just as easily say there was never a time before the existence of cars, because such a state would be called 'carless,' and you need 'cars' before you can be 'carless.'
Reality is not a word game, and does not obey the rules of grammar. It existed before humans started forming ideas and using words to describe them. The words and definitions are conventions which are useful only in communicating ideas. There is nothing else to them.