The Sects of Atheism

[Mister Agenda]

You suspect Helios doesn't know his own reasons for not believing or is lying about

No. I am suggesting that Helios presented an opinion on a complex topic as if it were a settled fact. At the same time, I am also noting that as a general rule the evidence offered by a theist will not meet the evidentiary standard for an atheist. Again, this is a difference of opinion, not a character flaw or lack of intelligence on anyone's part.

My reasons for not believing are a settled fact and not a 'cover story' and the insinuation that atheists are using 'cover stories' to hide their real reasons for not believing is insulting, uncharitable, and IMHO, trolling.

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I forgot to leave this here.
I ❤️ You guys.

What happens at an atheist church?
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21319945

People sometimes get together but that does not mean that they are in some religion. People gather in stadiums to cheer for same team but it's not a religion, or gather in the chess club to play chess.

Notice the people involved aren't calling it a church, and if they did, there would probably be some Christians complaining about the appropriation of the term. Heck, I'm a UU and there are Christians saying what we do isn't legitimately church, and it looks a lot churchier than that Sunday Assembly thing.

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All right serious poster. Let’s define it as “consciousness”. Your turn.

I'll chime in: I believe in consciousness. I experience it, there's evidence others experience it too, and there's even evidence some animal species may experience it. There's nothing in the definition of consciousness that requires it to be something that survives brain death, so I don't imagine that it does.

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Hah, what a low effort troll.  If you wanna talk souls, talk souls.  If you wanna talk consciousness..lead with that, not some horseshit about a soul.

The soul is awareness after death and yes we will talk about consciousness in another topic. I will use google translate when speaking to you.

So it isn't consciousnes (maybe you should have used one of the other definitions Possibletarian gave you), it's an awareness after death? I don't see any good reason to think that's real.