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Is atheism a belief?
RE: Is atheism a belief?
Huggy, do you think Agnostico is correct with .... with everything?

You seem to be doubling down on his bullshit? Why?

Yes, I'm a sufferer of atheism! I was born with it! lol! We all were!

I'm grateful to sweet baby white Jesus for my condition.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
Quote:indicating a state or condition paganism
Hmm  is paganism a illness ? It's is a state or a condition then of course I could go into states and conditions and play dictionary Frankenstein
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 13, 2018 at 11:29 pm)Amarok Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:27 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Would you like me to provide evidence?
By all means

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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 13, 2018 at 11:55 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:29 pm)Amarok Wrote: By all means

And this proves what Again ?
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 13, 2018 at 11:57 pm)Amarok Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:55 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:

And this proves what Again ?

That it's clear you are purposefully editing out the references in theists quotes, my question is, why are you taking the extra time to do this?
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 13, 2018 at 11:58 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:57 pm)Amarok Wrote: And this proves what Again ?

That it's clear you are purposefully editing out the references in theists quotes, my question is, why are you taking the extra time to do this?
Oh that's simple in all theistic quotes you show I'm taking what they said copy and pasting it to a new comment so I can pick it apart sentence by sentence or pointing out things said I wish ridicule 

As for the atheist quotes I'm generally just directly responding with a brief comment  and not picking it apart 

Their is nothing insidious about that .

As for the charge I only do it to Theists that also false 

https://atheistforums.org/thread-16427-page-372.html
Here I do it to Onlinebiker who is an atheist
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

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RE: Is atheism a belief?
Bahahaha u guys are still goin on about this. I was over it by my 3rd post. LoL
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 13, 2018 at 11:41 am)Huggy Bear Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 10:12 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Good insight, Huggy. Theism is also not a belief system. It is the opinion that some sort of divine being actually exists outside of our imaginations. An atheist is someone who does not share that opinion.

As for the definition of 'ism', the definition that applies in this case is 'a condition or state of being'. Albinism is the state of lacking melanin, atheism is the state of lacking theism.
Yes, albinism IS a condition, it has nothing to do with what you believe. one can HAVE 'albinism' but a person doesn't HAVE 'athiesm', that should tell you right there that the the two aren't the same.

We don't apply that same criteria to lack of belief in anything else. for instance, whats the state for non-belief in Bigfoot?

There are Ideologies focused on there being zero gods, THAT IS athe-ism.

Atheist and atheism have different meanings, same with theist and theism. One can believe a God exists without actually engaging in religious practices.

A person DOES have atheism, the condition of being without a belief in any deity; or theism, the condition of having a belief in at least one deity. They are not 'isms' in the sense of 'a distinctive practice, religion, system, or philosophy. Anglicism is that, theism is not that. Anglicism is a belief system, theism is one belief, not a system of beliefs on its own.

The state of someone having no belief in Bigfoot is obviously the state of having no belief in Bigfoot. If the majority of the US believed in Bigfoot, I guarantee a word would have to be coined for those of us who do not.

An ideology focused on their being zero gods would be that type of 'ism', but atheism itself isn't an ideology focused on their being zero gods. If you have a problem with some specific ideology that fits your description, you should name it so the rest of can know what it is you're really talking about. My 'ism' that relates to the existence of gods is rational skepticism, but my lack of belief in any gods is a product of applying it evenly to gods and Sasquatches, not the goal, it is possible to be a theist who is a rational skeptic, but in my view they would not be applying the method evenly.

And being able to believe God exists without engaging in any religious practice is why theism is a condition, not an ideology. By the way, you can be an atheist who engages in religious practices. In addition to being a rational skeptic, I am also a Unitarian.

(December 16, 2018 at 5:40 am)Agnostico Wrote: Bahahaha u guys are still goin on about this. I was over it by my 3rd post. LoL

When you made this post, were you thinking 'what would a troll say?'?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
I just want to say, kudos on the name change, Huggy. I like. Great
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
(December 17, 2018 at 11:51 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I just want to say, kudos on the name change, Huggy.  I like.  Great

Thanks, I figured I'd change it for the people who confused the name with diapers, I think Rev. Rye was the only one who got the reference.
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