Atheism

Atheism creates of theism — its antagonist — a system and logic that is a counterpart to be refuted point by point. This assumes that theism is a logos, what the Greeks called a system of rational knowledge. That theism, especially as derived from the Western scriptural tradition, should be looked upon as a logos is partly the fault of scholasticism, confuting belief and reason. The counterpart knowledge that neither theism nor atheism take into account is gnosis, which is knowledge derived from intuition, insight, experience, and wisdom. Hence Alan Watts could quip, “If you say that you believe in God, I will say that I do not. If you say that you do not believe in God, I will say that I do.”