Reply #17: Your whole premise is semantically wrong. [View All]

[BigMcLargehuge]

The wording "I believe that God does not exist" and "I do not believe God exists" presupposes a belief system. Atheists do not debate belief. Belief in general gives creedence to the idea that a God or Gods exist.

The only sentence that an Atheist can argue from is the statement "There is no god."

Restructure your argument and add another noun in place of God and see how much sense the two sentences make.

I believe the sky is not blue
I do not believe the sky is blue

If you are trying to create a standard form catagorical syllogism, you need to structure the premeses correctly, to do that the copula has to be a passive verb.

God does exist
No God exists
God does not exist
No God does not exist.


Positive or negative are irrelevant when it comes to discussing belief systes (or lack thereof).