you also don't need to mention that you don't need one

( well, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:32, archived)

in the course of a justification of atheism
you kind of do, really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:35, archived)

why would you need to justify not believing in something?

( well, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:38, archived)

you do if you want to convince someone who does believe not to.
but you don't have to do that.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:40, archived)

I don't NEED to justify anything
In this case, I would be choosing to.

However, in this case, I didn't justify anything at all. I just made a statement, pointing out a difference between an atheist and a theist, which any fucking fool knows anyway.

Do you know, I'm starting to think that the words I type and see are different from whatever you lot see.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:45, archived)

so you don't justify it of your own volition, then?

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:38, archived)

it's a comparison
it's therefore improved by, well, y'know, having something to compare with.

Jesus, you lot are getting hard work. You're worse than some of my students.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:42, archived)