Theological noncognitivism
Position that the word God is not intelligible or meaningful
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Arguments
"God" can be proved not to mean anything that exists or that doesn't exist because the alleged definition of God is circular and meaningless. That meaningless circular definition is "God is the creator of everything but God". The circularity and resulting meaninglessness of this alleged definition is hidden from view by separating it into two separate sentences: (1) God is the creator of the universe. (2) The universe is everything but God. Religionists claim to believe both of these. But when (1) and (2) are combined, the circularity is clearly shown. (3) God is the creator of the universe, i.e., everything that exists except God. The word "God" cannot be defined in terms of the word "God". Thus, "God" is meaningless and cannot mean anything that exists or that doesn't exist.
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Relationship to other non-theist perspectives
Steven J. Conifer contrasts theological noncognitivism with positive atheism, which describes not only a lack of belief in gods but furthermore denies that gods exist thereby giving credence to the existence of a concept of something for "God" to refer to, because it assumes that there is something understandable to not believe in.
Paul Kurtz finds the view to be compatible with both weak atheism and agnosticism. However, Theodore Drange distinguishes noncognitivism and agnosticism, describing the latter as accepting that theological language is meaningful but being noncommittal about its truth or falsity on the grounds of insufficient evidence.