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What is Atheism?

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%
Total 41 vote(s) 100%
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RE: What is Atheism?
March 10, 2017 at 1:04 am
(March 10, 2017 at 12:54 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(March 9, 2017 at 11:15 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Anyway, how can a word with strict specificity have more meaning than one that can be applied more broadly?

I would say because it gives you more information, than a more vague rendition.  Therefore it has more meaning.
Although coverage and applicability is sacrificed.

That was my reasoning anyway. Big Grin


Maybe you just like thinking the god question is as important for us as it is for you.  Sorry, no dice.
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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
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RE: What is Atheism? - by FatAndFaithless - March 8, 2017 at 3:18 pm
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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
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RE: What is Atheism? - by Cyberman - March 10, 2017 at 3:29 pm
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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
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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
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