More on Atheism, III

My last three blogs are revealing the cause of all human social activities. These causes emerged from linguistic flaws that have created flaws in the human mind. The linguistic flaws originate in the symbolic languages we create and use every day. Most people are unaware of this language problem because they use their symbolic language to talk with neighbors about simple subjects such as today’s weather. But, when talks deal with more complex subjects, talking becomes more difficult among the talkers. Often, debates and social problems can develop as a result of talks. Yet, these talks can lead to linguistic flaws that lead to highly irrational behaviors such as murder and war. Even the 9/11 terrorizing event could be connected to such linguistic flaws. Clearly, the Iraq War could be ended quickly if the different religions in Iraq were aware of the linguistic flaws that separate them.

I became aware of this linguistic problem in 1988 when I was seeking the root cause of crime. At that time, I learned that this language problem had been discovered by linguists in the 1920s. In 1988, I also learned that most humans are aware of their discovery. I concluded that this discovery had been hidden by WWI and WWII. Apparently, these wars prevented the propagation of a new and important human discovery.

The discovery states that ‘sense data are primarily symbolic.’ Historically, the discovery modernized the field of etymology, which is the study of the history of symbols. It also led to the new field of semantics, which is the study of the meaning of symbols. The discovery actually gave new life to the field of philosophy, which was dying after the debates between empiricism and rationalism ended and Kant failed to reconcile them.

In summary, atheism is a sickness. It is a mental error that has its origin in the flawed symbols created and used by atheists. Theism and atheism are ideas that philosophers call ‘excluded middle opposites.’ Thus, in between the ideas of theism and atheism, no other ideas exist. The absence of ‘middle ideas’ explains why talks between atheists and theists can quickly lead to tough debates, conflicts, and wars. So, when I talk to others about theism, I use symbols that have their most precise meanings --- their scientific meanings. I do not believe that a theist should debate an atheist only with one or more scriptures because the meanings of the symbols found in scriptures are not scientific. I discuss the 1920 discovery in detail in my book — The First Scientific Proof of God.