Sometimes I prefer to say "lack of". I put this down to the fact that if I say I "don't believe in" to some people it gives the impression that I'm claiming the non-existence of God, or Gnostic Atheism, where as I'm simply an Agnostic Atheist. I think "lack of" shows a more passive position of waiting to see evidence presented to prove the claim, but I agree it alludes to the assumption that there's something absent where there should be something present.
I've read some arguements about lack of evidence being sufficient to actively believe there is no God, but I can't quite bring myself to that position.
Gah, semantics!
I've read some arguements about lack of evidence being sufficient to actively believe there is no God, but I can't quite bring myself to that position.
Gah, semantics!
Atheism as a Religion
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A man also or woman that hath a Macintosh, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with used and abandoned Windows 3.1 floppy disks: their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:27
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A man also or woman that hath a Macintosh, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with used and abandoned Windows 3.1 floppy disks: their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:27
