Atheism is the punk rock of religion

[fr0d0]

Oh and there seemed to be some confusion as to why these statements contradict:

Atheism is a position on God [deity].

1. This claims Atheism is a position on God and as a result implies that it is more than a simple lack of belief.

a. Get with the plan Raphael. Atheism = lack of belief in God. That's it. It's not confusing.

A lack of belief in God, in that there is no belief he exists. This, as you so adequately put, is all Atheism is.

1. If you had a situation where a totally isolated person had no definition of god/s available to them, then for them to be defined as atheist would have to be by someone who understood what atheism was.

To class that person as 'atheist' would be to categorise them in relation to a belief in god/s. So the only way we can graft 'atheist' onto that person is by assigning a position on god/s.

That would never have to violate the law of atheism equalling a lack of belief in god/s. Therefore 1. isn't a contradiction with a.