19 May '05 00:13>6 edits
Originally posted by bbarrI'm not sure why you insist that God must be just. For example, the God of Abraham, whom a very large portion of theists believe in, is not just. I'm not willing to accept as an axiom that the God of Abraham cannot exist simply because he doesn't have all the properties that you think a God should have.
Nope, if God is by definition morally perfect (which is the case), and being just is a necessary condition for being morally perfect (which also is the case), then any entity that is unjust can't be God. An entity that would condemn another ...[text shortened]... tions for being a Wrong Atheist. So, there are no Wrong Atheists.
For instance, I am not omnipotent, but that doesn't mean that I don't exist. Similary, the God of Abraham could exist, even though he is unjust. And if he does, he could have damned souls to hell, and those souls could very well believe that God - you can use your definition here if you like - does not exist. In that case, under your definition of God, they would be Wrong Atheists, although not wrong. Under the Christian's definition of God - the God of Abraham - they would be wrong, in addition to being Wrong Atheists.
At any rate, replace "condemned to hell by God" with "condemned to hell by some powerful being who decides the fate of souls post-mortem." Replace "no just God" with "no powerful being..." Under this revision, would you agree that it is logically possible for Wrong Atheists to exist?