RE: Is atheism a belief?
January 23, 2019 at 3:24 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2019 at 3:27 pm by Acrobat.)
(December 9, 2018 at 9:51 am)Agnostico Wrote: Whenever I say that atheism is based on belief just like theism is I get a strong rejection from atheists.
Some give me these twisted definitions while others claim that i cannot be agnostic without being an atheist.
So I want to start by getting the definition correct.
Am I right in saying atheists "believe there are no Gods" or "don't believe there are Gods"?
Am I right in saying atheism is based on belief? If yes then why do so many atheists reject this?
If not then Why? What is it then based on?
Both.
An Atheist can be:
1-Some one who knows God does not exist.
2-Some one who believes God does not exist.
3-An atheist can also be someone, who doesn't believe or know one way or the other. His lack of belief one way or the other, would still classify him as an atheist, since he doesn't posses a belief in God, like the other two examples.
Some people might know I'm not single.
Some people might believe I'm not single.
And some people might not believe or know one way or the other.
What they all have in common, is that they a lack a belief in that I'm married.
Atheism is label that can incapsulate all three under one umbrella.
