Reply #81: You're still not getting it.

[trotsky]

On the one hand, you claim that statements having a "common aspect" are necessarily the same, but then on the other you admit that sentences having a "common aspect" aren't always the same.

Perhaps if you grant a little bit of respect for atheists and allow them to define themselves rather than you forcing a definition on them?

Suppose Person A states a proposition. Person B responds, "That is false." Person C says, "I don't think that is true." Those are very similar statements, both of which express doubt in the proposition suggested by Person A. But are they expressing the same kind of doubt? No. Person B is essentially saying, "I have knowledge which directly contradicts your statement, so I know your statement is false." Person C is saying, "I do not see any evidence to support your statement, so I cannot accept it as true."

NOW do you see?