Atheism the Belief

[cgksheff]

You can be a non-religious theist.

You can have atheist religion.

[RootsBooster]

You can be a non-religious theist.

You can have atheist religion.

 

You can be an atheist and have a religion, atheism itself though has no characteristics with which you could base a religion upon.

 

In other words;

 

-you can be a non-religious theist

-you can be a religious atheist

[DnAuK]

Wrong.

 

Atheism is a lack of belief.

 

Wrong.

 

Atheism is a belief in something other than God.

 

Someone with a lack of belief either way is known as an Agnostic.

 

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You can be a non-religious theist.

You can have atheist religion.

 

What this person said

[RootsBooster]

Wrong.

 

Atheism is a belief in something other than God.

 

Someone with a lack of belief either way is known as an Agnostic.

 

Atheism is literally the absence of belief (in gods). The 'a' prefix means without/absent/not present.

Theism = belief in god/s

Atheism = without belief in god/s

 

Obviously, if you held the belief that there specifically are no gods, then you would also sit in the atheism category because you would simultaneously have to be without the belief that gods exist.

 

Through common misuse, 'agnostic' has come to mean, for some, an inbetween position of belief.

Logically though, there is no position between having belief and not having belief.

Edited September 29, 2015 by RootsBooster

[DnAuK]

Atheism is literally the absence of belief (in gods). The 'a' prefix means without/absent/not present.

Theism = belief in god/s

Atheism = without belief in god/s

 

Through common misuse, 'agnostic' has come to mean, for some, an inbetween position of belief.

Logically though, there is no position between having belief and not having belief.

 

Depends if you're using the classic definition, or the more modern stance that has been adopted.

 

Quote - 'atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities'.

[RootsBooster]

Depends if you're using the classic definition, or the more modern stance that has been adopted.

 

Quote - 'atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities'.

 

Only partial quoting to suit your needs? Naughty.

 

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[3][4][5] Most inclusively, atheism is the absence of belief that any deities exist.

[Obelix]

Wrong.

 

Atheism is a belief in something other than God.

 

Someone with a lack of belief either way is known as an Agnostic.

 

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What this person said

 

No it really isn't.

 

Atheism is a lack of (that the "a-" part) theism. That is a lack of belief in gods. Strict atheism is a positive rejection of belief in god(s) as opposed to simply not believing.

 

Agnosticism is not necessarily a lack of belief, but it does postulate that certain claims regarding god(s) are unknowable and improvable.

 

---------- Post added 29-09-2015 at 09:37 ----------

 

Depends if you're using the classic definition, or the more modern stance that has been adopted.

 

Quote - 'atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities'.

 

That's strict or "hard" atheism, rather than atheism in general.

[RootsBooster]

No it really isn't.

 

Atheism is a lack of (that the "a-" part) theism. That is a lack of belief in gods. Strict atheism is a positive rejection of belief in god(s) as opposed to simply not believing.

 

Agnosticism is not necessarily a lack of belief, but it does postulate that certain claims regarding god(s) are unknowable and improvable.

 

---------- Post added 29-09-2015 at 09:37 ----------

 

 

That's strict or "hard" atheism, rather than atheism in general.

 

'Sctrict' or 'hard' atheism are generic buzzwords that can sometimes lead to confusion in discussion and debate, technically a belief that there are no gods would be anti-theism (the person would also be an atheist).

 

Strictly speaking, a rejection of belief does not mean that you have to hold an opposing belief.

[Phanerothyme]

The trouble is, within organised religion, reality for many is what an unelected figurehead makes of it.

 

Not a bit of it. You can't experience reality vicariously.

[Vague_Boy]

In simpler terms then, reality is quite literally what you make of it.

 

Trying jumping off a tall building and putting that to the test.

 

 

 

Wrong.

 

Atheism is a belief in something other than God.

 

Dictionary says no.

 

atheism

ˈeɪθɪɪz(ə)m/

noun

noun: atheism

 

disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

 

Just because I don't believe in Father Christmas, it doesn't mean I believe in Elves.

 

Do you mean science as the "something else"?

 

Science is not a belief system. When you turn on the lights, it's not faith that makes the bulb light up.

 

When you're on your holiday charter flight, it's not the collective belief of the passengers that's keeping it in the air.

 

If you want to prove that science is just another belief system, try jumping off a tall building. After all gravity is just a theory.