What does an atheist...

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No, basically, what I want is to hear what kind of god it is the theist believes in and why, and start from there. Not even theists agree on what a god is supposed to be, so arguing against my vision of a god and presuming that that is your idea of a god doesn't help at all.

Simply denying my question and presuming that I'm going to argue your view or presuming that I think that your idea of a God won't help me is incorrect.

What you are basically doing is something like asking a person who doesn't believe in pixies, what kind of pixies that person doesn't believe in.

I think you still are not quite grasping the concept of atheism. I don't sit around contemplating what god I would not believe in, I just don't believe in any god any theist has ever proposed. You are the one believing in a god, and I don't.

I am definately not grasping atheism adn that's why I'm asking. Citing your example lets suppose I believe in pixies and you don't. We could both reasonably assume that we are discussing the same thing when we define pixies. The color may vary but we'd probably reach a concensus that they're small things that have wings and fly and maybe that they carry sparkly dust around. This isn't some conspiracy to admit that you believe in God. It's like saying I'm not prejudiced because I treat all races the same. Prejudice is a degree to which we have preconceptions which form sub-consciously. I might see a pixie and while I try to treat them fairly subconsciouly I believe their pixie dust is poison and my eyes get wide when I see them. So I reiterrate my question: What is your preconception of God? Where do you think the notion comes from and why do you hold to that (if you do)? I understand that it doesn't matter to you because you don't believe in God, but I do and that's why I'm here.