32 What IS an atheist? (Part 5)
Having proposed a dialectical definition for atheism, we briefly explore the nature of Hegelian logic, concluding that it is inadequate for a final answer, but useful for understanding the nature of things in this world of becoming, where ideal limits are indicated but unattained. In order to properly understand atheism (the Antithesis in Hegelian dialectical terms) we must better understand theism (the Thesis), and it seems as though Western theism represents God in a series of ideals that enable us to think rationally, and values that make up our experience. As atheists do not generally deny most of the things ”God” means, what are they denying when they deny theism? Is it merely the personality of divinity, or is it something more? I suggest that atheism has a problem analogous to Western theism‘s problem of evil. We will call it the problem of Value