RE: Is atheism a belief?
January 24, 2019 at 12:58 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2019 at 1:05 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(January 23, 2019 at 11:00 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Abour 20% of people who identify as atheist, also believe in God.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts...a42b25118a
So 20% of people who identify as atheist either filled out the poll incorrectly or don't know the definition of atheist. That's not uncommon, to hear some preachers tell it, an atheist is someone who drinks, fornicates, and doesn't go to church. If you believe that preacher and stop going to church and start fornicating and drinking, you may think that you're an atheist even if you still believe in God. It turns out, evangelical preachers are not a good source for accurate information on atheism. We get some people coming here claiming to be -ex-atheists' who don't seem to have a clue about what atheism is and likely never were actually atheists. Being 'mad at God' doesn't make you an atheist, either (though you might be a maltheist).
(January 23, 2019 at 11:07 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote:(January 23, 2019 at 10:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Of you believe in a god you're a theist.
If you don't, you're an atheist.
Seriously, this isn't rocket science.
That's your version. We also have the atheists who have evolved and believe in God. Of course, mystics as well, and other various atheist denominations, versions, or whatever else they may be called. I'm guessing you have the minority edition, where you just don't believe "God" or "gods" exist. That tends to be fashionable today
There's only one version of atheism: not believing in gods or God. There are many versions of atheists, like any other demographic. An atheist can believe anything except that any gods exist, just like a theist can believe anything as long as they also believe that at least one god or God exists. 'Just don't believe 'god exists' seems to be a majority in my experience, though I'm not aware of any definitive scientific polls. I do know hundreds of atheists in RL though, and 'I know God doesn't exist' is in a definite minority among them. What's 'fashionable today' has nothing to do with it, atheists have always come in a variety, because a single opinion on a single topic isn't much use in pigeonholing people.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
