A.J. Ayer wrote:The mere existence of a noun is enough to foster the illusion that there is a real, or at any rate a possible entity corresponding to it. It is only when we enquire what God’s attributes are that we discover that ‘God’, in this usage, is not a genuine name.
A.J. Ayer wrote:The theist like the moralist, may believe that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but unless he can formulate his ‘knowledge’ in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure that he is deceiving himself
QuestionsA.J. Ayer wrote:For if the assertion that there is a god is nonsensical, then the atheists assertion that there is no god is equally nonsensical, since is is only a significant proposition that can be significantly contradicted.
1/ Is the term term “God� a genuine name?
2/ Do theists fail to formulate propositions when they use the term “God�?
3/ Are the assertions “there is a God� and “there is no God� nonsensical?