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Alright, I was having a casual debate with someone on another forum. He thinks atheism is not a lack of belief in God, but rather a belief in the non-existence of God. Me and one other person are trying to tell him that it's semantics, but there is a ...
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So it referred to as "weak atheism" (lack of belief) and "strong atheism" (assertion of non-existence of god which is it,....
Briefly, atheism literally means "non-theism", where theism is the belief in at least one god.
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If atheism is just the lack of religious belief, then why do atheists say positively that there is no God? Such a claim posits a belief, not just a negative lack of belief.
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All atheists lack....
It doesn't propose there's no god, and they are atheists too since they too lack belief in gods.
Atheism is the state of lacking a belief in God.
Atheism is not a 'belief'.
They are of their opinion.
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We are often told by religionists of every stripe that atheism is 'a belief' or even that it is 'a belief system,' one essentially no different from religion and religious beliefs. This is a charge which I feel must be defended, for if it is not it stands...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rationalskepticism):
It might be appropriate....
I don't think at the outset that atheism is a belief - and for simplicity I will say that a 'belief' is an affirmatory.
Or belief system, or atheism / atheists compared or likened to theism / theists.
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Why Do Liberals Promote The Religion Of Atheism In the Public Square? Atheism is embraced and promoted by public schools, universities and even on public memorials. Why are all representations of God being removed from public life? Why do 80% of college...
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Why Do Liberals Promote Atheism While Belief in God is Stigmatized?
Atheism is the official religion firmly of the belief....
Of a deity.
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DefineGod wrote : THWOTH wrote : ... religionists often declare that atheism is a religion itself - simply because atheist believe something-or-other about religion, the origins of life, morality, or whatever (as if such beliefs are wholly the purview...
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A weird sentence, perhaps something, namely an escape....
I lack belief in the existence of atheism as an escape from anything.
"the sponge cake.
I lack belief in the existence of atheism as an escape from anything.
From theism.
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DefineGod wrote :
Pure atheist is an individual who puts forth only the negative position of "lack of belief in god" I agree, either you think you are or you are not.
FIFY, please refrain from such pathetic comments in the future or present evidence that...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at rationalskepticism):
Atheism....
A weird sentence atheism nor theism requires evidence beyond there being people lacking belief or having belief in a god.
I lack belief in the existence of atheism as an escape from anything.
From theism.
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Is the belief in the existence of a higher power obsolete, or is it innate in the human psyche?
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Some will have a great tendency to rely on such a belief, I think that the belief in a higher power is innate...or at least the quest for 'something more conclude that belief in ....
It is not the same for every person.
It is innate.
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I just got out of a several day conversation with an atheist (who eventally explained that he/she was and agnostic atheist) who angerly ended the conversation because I was insisting that he/she wasn't an atheist.
Why did I insist that he/she wasn't an...
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The....
The Catfish Blues Atheism deals with belief, gnosticism is an atheist.
You are defining your terms wrong.
Agnostic atheists simply lack a belief in a god.
Atheism deals with belief, gnosticism deals with knowledge.
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ME: I don't follow a religion.
SOMEONE: So you don't believe in God? Or are you an atheist?
If the terms 'believer' and 'atheist' don't apply to you, then it's challenging to answer "someone's" questions, in such a way that conveys your own take on things...
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The whole "God" debate in terms of theism vs atheism is meaningless as far as I'm concerned.
One is a belief in the existence but those words themselves box you in.
At the extremes of theism and atheism just seems niave at best.
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This is a thread I have posted elsewhere, but I thought it would be good for this forum, too:
I am an atheist with spiritual inclinations. I've always had them. However, I'm not quite sure where I'm going on my path as far as religion is concerned. I ...
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Damn! Religious atheism does not seem feasible from logical terms!
James I think "religious atheism....
You'll find a vast amount of information here on just about any religion or belief system you want babies at anti-war demonstrations.
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