"Is lack of belief the best you can do?"
As I see it, the definition of atheism as a “lack of belief in god” is not the best or most correct definition there is. I don’t “lack belief in god”; I actively “disbelieve the claim made by others that their god “exists”. Saying that we “lack belief in god” implies that “god” exists, but that we do not (or that we “refuse”) to “believe in it”. This whole “lack of belief” notion that Chad likes to deride is nothing more than a slick attempt to hide the fact that there are only claims, and nothing more.
The answer to your question is "no".
As I see it, the definition of atheism as a “lack of belief in god” is not the best or most correct definition there is. I don’t “lack belief in god”; I actively “disbelieve the claim made by others that their god “exists”. Saying that we “lack belief in god” implies that “god” exists, but that we do not (or that we “refuse”) to “believe in it”. This whole “lack of belief” notion that Chad likes to deride is nothing more than a slick attempt to hide the fact that there are only claims, and nothing more.
The answer to your question is "no".
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