Atheism is the belief that there is no God. Naturalism is the belief that there is only nature, and consequently no preter-nature and no super-nature. Some hold to both atheism and naturalism. If so, we have the following problems –
Problem 1) - The Problem of Atheisms Denial and Affirmation of a Supreme Being.
Naturalism says there is only nature. And yet the existence of nature is the existence of something, without anything else existing. Consequent to naturalism, the supreme being is nature itself, or perhaps one or many natural things. But atheism says there is no supreme being, for atheism opposes theism, which says God is the supreme being. So, atheism requires there be no supreme being, and naturalism concludes to nature or natural things, or a natural thing as the supreme being. Atheism quite often affirms the existence of the universe, or at least the man as the knower of the universe, and thereby affirms the existence of at least one natural thing. But by affirming the existence of a natural thing, atheism is affirming the existence of nature. And where nature exists, there is a supreme being.
Conclusion - Atheism denies the existence of a supreme being in opposition to theism. Atheism affirms the existence of a supreme being in affirming naturalism. Therefore atheism both denies and affirms the existence of a supreme being.
Further problems to come in due course. Updated 1 November 2018.
Problem 2) - The Problem of atheism's affirmation of naturalism, evolutionism and the accompanied quasi monism as a form of theism.
Atheists deny the existence of God and quite often affirm the existence of evolution and naturalism. If evolution is affirmed with naturalism, the universe emerged from only natural causes in accordance with more from less. As there is only one universe, for being is analogous and not equivocal as required of a multi universe worldview, then all that exist is as one tree of existence, whereby all apparently distinct substances are really only one giant substance of the universe. All that exists is really only a small part of the universe and a manifestation of the one universe that is self-contained. But what is self-contained is an organism in which all things live. And the universe as one organism is a form of quasi-monism. And as monism is a form of theism, then quasi monism is also theistic. Therefore if the atheism believes in naturalism and evolutionism, the atheist is a closet quasi-monist and thereby a closet theist.
Further problems to come in due course. Updated 1 November 2018.
Problem 2) - The Problem of atheism's affirmation of naturalism, evolutionism and the accompanied quasi monism as a form of theism.
Atheists deny the existence of God and quite often affirm the existence of evolution and naturalism. If evolution is affirmed with naturalism, the universe emerged from only natural causes in accordance with more from less. As there is only one universe, for being is analogous and not equivocal as required of a multi universe worldview, then all that exist is as one tree of existence, whereby all apparently distinct substances are really only one giant substance of the universe. All that exists is really only a small part of the universe and a manifestation of the one universe that is self-contained. But what is self-contained is an organism in which all things live. And the universe as one organism is a form of quasi-monism. And as monism is a form of theism, then quasi monism is also theistic. Therefore if the atheism believes in naturalism and evolutionism, the atheist is a closet quasi-monist and thereby a closet theist.
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