Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: August 2, 2025, 10:12 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Proper term for someone who actively believes there is no god?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Proper term for someone who actively believes there is no god?
Lehrling Offline
Newbie
*
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 40
Threads: 7
Joined: October 15, 2011
Reputation: 5
#6
RE: Proper term for someone who actively believes there is no god?
October 23, 2011 at 9:58 pm
(October 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I am confused as to why it is deemed necessary to have labels that define our beliefs to the tiniest facet. Would it not be reasonable to say that if one wants to know someone's beliefs that one should get to know the person beyond superfluous classifications?

I am with you there, at least as far as labels in the political realm and such goes.

The thing is, atheism is such a simple concept it's not funny.
Yet people keep trying to over-complicate it, conform it so it sounds religious, and the like.

All I need is a way to reconcile "atheism" with "atheist".
Atheism is not a belief. Yet the dictionary defines "atheist" as someone who BELIEVES there is no god.
I just need a logical pathway between the two so I can answer the question my theist friend posed to me without looking like an idiot.
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJ7QA6UraSubYrmCW4YJp...Sax3cLx1iQ]
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Proper term for someone who actively believes there is no god?

Messages In This Thread
RE: Proper term for someone who actively believes there is no god? - by Lehrling - October 23, 2011 at 9:58 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Atheists, how can you say there is no God. When... Urani9 30 4072 December 12, 2024 at 11:39 am
Last Post: Gwaithmir
  Finally an atheist proper, with views and questions Lucian 62 6783 June 12, 2024 at 10:32 pm
Last Post: Prycejosh1987
  The Possibly Proper Death Litany, aka ... Gawdzilla Sama 11 2192 December 18, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Last Post: Mister Agenda
  What would an atheist say if someone said "Hallelujah, you're my savior man." Woah0 16 2514 September 22, 2022 at 6:35 pm
Last Post: Simon Moon
  Maybe there's something like a god out there. Ryantology 38 5148 June 5, 2020 at 8:42 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Hilarious argument from someone I encountered in the youtube comments Heat 19 5957 April 23, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Last Post: The Architect Of Fate
  (Sensitivity required) Coming out to someone SlowCalculations 12 2510 October 27, 2019 at 6:14 am
Last Post: EgoDeath
  Do you wish there's a god? Catharsis 580 86900 April 10, 2019 at 12:17 pm
Last Post: LadyForCamus
  Do u want there to be a God? Any God? Agnostico 304 48095 December 19, 2018 at 1:20 am
Last Post: Amarok
  Can someone debunk this FPerson 162 43859 November 12, 2017 at 7:53 pm
Last Post: Cyberman



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)