As in so many atheistic books, Le Poidevin, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leeds, does not so much argue for atheism as that he argues against theism. Atheism is still often taken to be the opposite of theism, simply its denial. That is, atheism is taken to deny the existence of a god, especially a god that is supposed to be the creator of all things and to be omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good. Richard Swinburne, who assumes the existence of such a god, also speaks about god as a "person without a body (i.e. a spirit) who is eternal". Some atheists experience such a definition of the word "god" as implying a contradiction, whereas other atheists tend to believe that it is at least extremely unlikely that such a "person" exists.
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Arguing for Atheism
As in so many atheistic books, Le Poidevin, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leeds, does not so much argue for atheism as that he argues against theism. Atheism is still often taken to be the opposite of theism, simply its denial. That is, atheism is taken to deny the existence of a god, especially a god that is supposed to be the creator of all things and to be omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good. Richard Swinburne, who assumes the existence of such a god, also speaks about god as a "person without a body (i.e. a spirit) who is eternal". Some atheists experience such a definition of the word "god" as implying a contradiction, whereas other atheists tend to believe that it is at least extremely unlikely that such a "person" exists.
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