A Quote by William Lane Craig

For the assertion that "There is no God" is just as much a claim to knowledge as is the assertion that "There is a God." Therefore, the former assertion requires justification just as the latter does.

William Lane Craig

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Assertion Claim Does Former God Just Just As Much Justification Knowledge Latter Much Requires There Is No God Therefore

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William Lane Craig
American - Philosopher
Born: August 23, 1949

If the assertion that there is a god is nonsensical, then the atheist's assertion that there is no god is equally nonsensical, since it is only a significant proposition that can be significantly contradicted.

A.J. Ayer

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bell hooks

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

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There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.

Sinclair Lewis

The assertion fallacy is the fallacy of confusing the conditions for the performance of the speech act of assertion with the analysis of the meaning of particular words occurring in certain assertions.

John Searle

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.

Elena Kagan

Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.

Aristotle

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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore he is distinguished; from self-glorification, therefore he has merit; from self-exaltation, therefore he rises superior to all. Inasmuch as he does not strive, there is no one in the world who can strive with him.

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There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.

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Doubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.

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At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being

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When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look at international law to see the failings in them.

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