(August 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm)vixene Wrote:(August 9, 2015 at 11:53 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: Wrong, Deism is the belief that God has created the universe but remains apart from it and permits his creation to administer itself through natural laws. Deism thus rejects the supernatural aspects of religion, such as belief in revelation in the Bible, and stresses the importance of ethical conduct.I would say strong atheists exclude the possibility of a god and strongly believe that it is virtually impossible so your last paragraph does not apply to them.
Atheism does not exclude the possibility of anything, god is possible in the same way fairies, wizards, and unicorns are possible.
By your definition, if atheists don't exclude the possibility of anything then I'm also an atheist that does not exclude the possibility of a god.
Atheist is not addressing what you think is possible, it is addressing what you BELIEVE. The second sentence applies to atheism, the strong part of strong atheism refers to the claim that god doesn't exist the atheism part refers to the rejection of belief in a god. When it comes to strong and weak atheism the atheism part which addresses belief is exactly the same.
