Banned, like I said earlier (I don't remember if it was in this thread or a different one), there are different types of atheism, and an individual atheist can be a different one depending on the context of the situation.
My base level is agnostic atheist. I'm open to the possibility of some godlike thing existing, but lacking proof of one, I don't believe this hypothetical thing actually exists.
Regarding the gods I've encountered on earth, I'm a gnostic/strong atheist. I'm entirely convinced they're nothing more than myths given how self-contradictory and absurd they are.
I'm also an apatheist. I really don't care about gods. They don't impact my daily life. I only visit here to take a mental break from living in a society that assumes god is real as a default setting.
Forgot to put this down the last time I wrote this, but I also lean ignostic... I'm not entirely sure what a god would actually be. Attempts to define one are wanting at best.
Unlike religion, there's no incompatibility between these different aspects of atheism. I understand that denominations tend to be a line in the sand for you guys, but atheism doesn't really work the same way. Moreover, these terms are all well defined. Talk to (and, more importantly, listen to) any atheist and they'll use the same words to refer to the same thing.
So, no, we're not playing games to deny a god we know exists. We don't think there's any such creature out there, and the level of certainty of that disbelief changes depending on the god in question.
My base level is agnostic atheist. I'm open to the possibility of some godlike thing existing, but lacking proof of one, I don't believe this hypothetical thing actually exists.
Regarding the gods I've encountered on earth, I'm a gnostic/strong atheist. I'm entirely convinced they're nothing more than myths given how self-contradictory and absurd they are.
I'm also an apatheist. I really don't care about gods. They don't impact my daily life. I only visit here to take a mental break from living in a society that assumes god is real as a default setting.
Forgot to put this down the last time I wrote this, but I also lean ignostic... I'm not entirely sure what a god would actually be. Attempts to define one are wanting at best.
Unlike religion, there's no incompatibility between these different aspects of atheism. I understand that denominations tend to be a line in the sand for you guys, but atheism doesn't really work the same way. Moreover, these terms are all well defined. Talk to (and, more importantly, listen to) any atheist and they'll use the same words to refer to the same thing.
So, no, we're not playing games to deny a god we know exists. We don't think there's any such creature out there, and the level of certainty of that disbelief changes depending on the god in question.
