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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 ...
Started by SCRawl on
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So, both categories (lack of belief in god AND the assertion of the non-existence of god) fall under it referred to as "weak atheism" (lack of....
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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2) Deity belief is hardly....
All atheists lack belief as "the lack of religious belief", it's the lack of a belief in the existence of deity.
There's no god, and they are atheists too since they too lack belief in gods.
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Just a name change to make the purposes of the DIR clearer.
Non-Theistic/Non-Religious Beliefs DIR
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Thanks Rick.
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The Problem of Evil: A Significant Challenge to Theistic Belief?
Do you think the problem of evil is a significant challenge to theistic belief?
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Posted Today, 04:51 AM
My aunt told me she has a friend who has a belief system based on a distant star. Her friend is advanced in the belief system, having completed most of the rituals. My aunt doesnt know the name of this organization or belief system...
Started by snappydragon on
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Why is belief necessary? Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.
Voltaire.
Started by God is my imaginary friend on
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The more energy you put into something, the more are the beliefs....
If belief has much actual value, apart from being occasionally comforting to people.
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Christians, what is the difference between faith and belief?
Started by Hisashi on
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I know that Jesus Christ is God in heaven, so the only way to heaven, is... .
It means to know something to be true.
Faith is, as defined at by a reputable Faith and belief are synonyms.
Belief is head-knowledge, facts, etc.
They are the same.
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Is the belief in the existence of a higher power obsolete, or is it innate in the human psyche?
Started by Billy Jean on
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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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How can you deal with a subconscious belief when your only knowledge of it are the results you attract in your life. Then how do you work to negate the belief, whatever it may be,once you have finally uncovered it?
Started by gaga1996 on
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The awareness of the unwanted belief and the acknowledging of its existence and the message it had of the belief is the ending of it....
Of course you cannot deal with any negative or self-limiting belief if you do not know what it...
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Wtf?
Quote: : Heartland Institute compares belief in global warming to mass murder
US thinktank launches poster campaign comparing Unabomber and Osama Bin Laden to those concerned about global warming
Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute...
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