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Poll: How do you define atheism?
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Absence of a belief in god
95.12%
39 95.12%
Belief that there is no god
4.88%
2 4.88%
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What is Atheism?
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RE: What is Atheism?
(March 8, 2017 at 4:48 pm)SteveII Wrote: Consider the difference between saying 

1. "I believe there is no gold on the moon" and 
2. "I do not believe there is gold on the moon"

If you have no opinion on the matter, then you believe 2. But the problem is that everyone here does have an opinion on the matter (because they have assessed the proof offered and found it lacking) so believes 1.

It sure is easy to disprove the existence of gold in a specific area in space. Would you say that it is equally simple to disprove the existence of any god in all space?



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What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 3, 2017 at 2:35 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Alex K - March 3, 2017 at 2:57 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 3, 2017 at 3:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 3, 2017 at 3:43 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 3, 2017 at 3:47 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 3, 2017 at 3:55 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 3, 2017 at 4:02 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Ben Davis - March 3, 2017 at 9:39 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cephus - March 7, 2017 at 1:35 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Alex K - March 3, 2017 at 3:46 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by ignoramus - March 3, 2017 at 3:48 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 3, 2017 at 9:17 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 3, 2017 at 9:20 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 3, 2017 at 9:25 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 3, 2017 at 9:54 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 3, 2017 at 10:08 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 4, 2017 at 5:14 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by account_inactive - March 4, 2017 at 11:51 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Ben Davis - March 6, 2017 at 9:39 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 3, 2017 at 10:02 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Edwardo Piet - March 4, 2017 at 11:47 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 5, 2017 at 12:24 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 5, 2017 at 12:27 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 5, 2017 at 12:49 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 6, 2017 at 10:51 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 5, 2017 at 1:00 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 5, 2017 at 4:04 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Edwardo Piet - March 4, 2017 at 11:56 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by ignoramus - March 6, 2017 at 12:03 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SuperSentient - March 6, 2017 at 12:11 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by ignoramus - March 6, 2017 at 12:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 10:21 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by mlmooney89 - March 6, 2017 at 10:29 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by mlmooney89 - March 6, 2017 at 12:46 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 12:57 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by mlmooney89 - March 6, 2017 at 1:14 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 1:25 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 6, 2017 at 12:59 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 1:11 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 6, 2017 at 1:43 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Simon Moon - March 6, 2017 at 2:16 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2017 at 3:08 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 3:19 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Simon Moon - March 6, 2017 at 1:28 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 6, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 6, 2017 at 2:56 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 6, 2017 at 3:31 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 6, 2017 at 5:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 6, 2017 at 6:37 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 6, 2017 at 7:41 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 7, 2017 at 12:11 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 7, 2017 at 1:14 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 7, 2017 at 2:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 7, 2017 at 2:33 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 7, 2017 at 2:40 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 6, 2017 at 2:34 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 3:07 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Harry Nevis - March 8, 2017 at 11:34 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 8, 2017 at 1:58 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 8, 2017 at 4:24 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Aegon - March 6, 2017 at 10:46 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2017 at 3:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 6, 2017 at 3:38 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2017 at 3:59 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 6, 2017 at 8:38 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 6, 2017 at 6:05 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2017 at 6:20 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 6, 2017 at 6:24 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 6, 2017 at 6:54 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Rhondazvous - March 6, 2017 at 7:32 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 8, 2017 at 12:49 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 12:51 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 1:31 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 8, 2017 at 2:38 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 2:53 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 8, 2017 at 3:17 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 3:40 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 4:06 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 8, 2017 at 4:17 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 4:23 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by SteveII - March 8, 2017 at 4:48 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 8, 2017 at 5:06 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Crossless1 - March 8, 2017 at 4:23 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 4:53 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 8, 2017 at 4:59 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 6:17 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 8, 2017 at 7:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 11:17 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 12:06 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 12:22 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Crossless1 - March 8, 2017 at 5:02 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 8, 2017 at 4:56 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 4:25 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2017 at 5:11 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 5:14 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Simon Moon - March 8, 2017 at 5:21 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2017 at 5:37 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 5:39 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2017 at 6:10 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 6:18 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 8, 2017 at 6:31 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 6:34 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Simon Moon - March 8, 2017 at 8:21 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 9:42 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 6:20 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 8, 2017 at 6:26 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 9, 2017 at 6:50 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 9, 2017 at 11:15 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 12:54 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 10, 2017 at 1:04 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 1:15 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 10, 2017 at 9:22 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 10:15 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 10, 2017 at 10:20 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 10:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 10, 2017 at 11:15 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 12:15 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 10, 2017 at 12:30 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 12:31 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 10, 2017 at 1:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Minimalist - March 10, 2017 at 11:45 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 12:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 3:47 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 12:10 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 1:19 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 1:48 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 2:12 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 10, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 10, 2017 at 12:51 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 11:06 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 10, 2017 at 2:29 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 12, 2017 at 9:48 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 10, 2017 at 2:21 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 3:27 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 8, 2017 at 3:38 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 3:18 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by LastPoet - March 8, 2017 at 3:40 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Athene - March 8, 2017 at 3:59 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 9, 2017 at 9:51 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 9, 2017 at 9:18 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Minimalist - March 9, 2017 at 9:29 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 10, 2017 at 5:57 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 10, 2017 at 7:46 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 10, 2017 at 10:40 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 10, 2017 at 11:10 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 10, 2017 at 12:46 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 10, 2017 at 4:25 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 10, 2017 at 2:26 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 10, 2017 at 3:08 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 10, 2017 at 3:29 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 10, 2017 at 3:39 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 10, 2017 at 3:12 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Mister Agenda - March 10, 2017 at 4:19 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 10, 2017 at 4:28 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 10, 2017 at 4:48 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 10, 2017 at 5:23 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 10, 2017 at 5:25 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 10, 2017 at 8:23 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 11, 2017 at 12:07 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 11, 2017 at 12:10 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 10, 2017 at 9:33 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 10, 2017 at 10:48 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 11, 2017 at 12:57 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 11, 2017 at 1:14 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 11, 2017 at 1:22 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 11, 2017 at 1:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 11, 2017 at 1:41 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 11, 2017 at 2:02 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 13, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 11, 2017 at 1:45 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 11, 2017 at 2:05 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 11, 2017 at 2:09 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 11, 2017 at 3:38 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 11, 2017 at 4:54 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 11, 2017 at 5:57 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 11, 2017 at 7:19 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 11, 2017 at 7:33 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 11, 2017 at 8:54 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 12, 2017 at 12:40 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 12, 2017 at 5:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 11, 2017 at 1:45 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 11, 2017 at 2:11 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 11, 2017 at 2:17 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 11, 2017 at 3:47 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 11, 2017 at 4:16 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 11, 2017 at 4:28 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 11, 2017 at 4:34 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 11, 2017 at 4:46 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 11, 2017 at 6:38 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by comet - March 11, 2017 at 9:57 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by comet - March 11, 2017 at 9:51 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Whateverist - March 11, 2017 at 10:27 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 12, 2017 at 5:54 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 12, 2017 at 5:58 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 12, 2017 at 3:26 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - March 12, 2017 at 4:33 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by downbeatplumb - March 12, 2017 at 5:38 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 12, 2017 at 6:39 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 12, 2017 at 11:07 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 12, 2017 at 11:59 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cephus - March 13, 2017 at 5:58 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 13, 2017 at 3:21 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 12, 2017 at 10:37 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by Amarok - March 12, 2017 at 12:30 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 12, 2017 at 1:05 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by comet - March 12, 2017 at 3:26 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 12, 2017 at 3:30 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 13, 2017 at 2:23 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Harry Nevis - March 13, 2017 at 3:14 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 13, 2017 at 3:55 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by masterofpuppets - March 13, 2017 at 7:08 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by AceBoogie - March 13, 2017 at 4:45 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 13, 2017 at 4:50 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Nonpareil - March 13, 2017 at 5:36 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 14, 2017 at 10:36 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 14, 2017 at 4:36 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 14, 2017 at 5:11 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by RoadRunner79 - March 14, 2017 at 6:03 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Jesster - March 14, 2017 at 6:06 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 14, 2017 at 7:29 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cephus - March 14, 2017 at 10:01 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Brian37 - March 15, 2017 at 6:53 am
RE: What is Atheism? - by houseofcantor - March 13, 2017 at 6:10 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 15, 2017 at 3:22 pm
RE: What is Atheism? - by Cephus - March 15, 2017 at 3:26 pm
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