What is an atheist

[Ben Davis]

My personal approach & 'Atheism' as I understand it; is that you believe there is nothing at all to suggest a creator of any sort exists, and masses of physical & documented evidence to back up the theories of evolution through vast subjects of Science.

The term 'atheism' doesn't care about 'why' you don't believe, it's simply a label for those who don't. There are atheists who came by their lack of belief through rational inquiry, some through indoctrination, some through arguments from authority... etc. The only common factor is the absence of theism from their belief-systems..

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Some can and do make up stuff to make it seem "more rational" Than them. Some demonize the enemy by mocking and belittle them.

Fixed that generalisation fallacy for you.

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The problem with that is, you will get endless objections, as is evident here on AF, with atheists demanding that they have no beliefs. That atheism is to theism as off is a TV channel.. etc ad infinitum.

The vast majority of atheist rial at the notion that they believe anything, let alone that God doesn't exist. No doubt you have yet to consider the consequences of that stance.

Oh fr0d0, you've done it again: deliberately left out a crucial qualifier so you can make a spurious claim. As you well know, it's not the idea of 'belief' that rational atheists balk at, it's the idea of 'irrational beliefs'. Everyone has beliefs and only the ignorant/irrational claim otherwise; the question is 'do you hold your beliefs for a good reason'. You know it's all about standards of evidence.