[Serious] Atheist Dogma

[Mister Agenda]

The word atheist has the same meaning for someone who has heard of the concept of god and for someone who hasnt heard of the concept god, that is the point. Its a label used to describe the concept of not believing in a god, it is that simple no deeper meaning required. Who cares if thats inconvenient for theists and their bad arguments or for atheists who dont want to use the the label atheist.

Are lizards atheists?

I agree that they are not (the suffix '-ist' in atheist connotes a person having an interest in what precedes it). OTH, they certainly are not theists; perhaps the term 'nominal atheist' would apply.

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Yes, lizards are atheists.  So are rocks, bottles of milk, apples, roadways, roofing tiles, tins of baked beans, pocket calculators, newspapers, steering wheels, onions (pickled as well as fresh), Bibles, insurance companies, hypodermic needles, bicycles, and roast beef sandwiches.

Boru

I've been surprised by how many (supposedly) thinking adults are willing to admit that their conclusions considering the existence of God are the same as those of a lizard. 

"Yes, as an atheist, my beliefs concerning the existence of God are the same as those of a bicycle."

Who are you quoting, Belacqua? Edit: My bad, apparently my eyes glazed over. My apologies.

How does it follow that if a lizard is not a Republican and I am not a Republican that my conclusions on the Republican party are the same as those of a lizard? The lizard doesn't have any conclusions, it is unaware of the Republican party, I am not a Republican because I am aware of the Republican party. Yet neither the lizard nor I are Republicans.