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Is atheism a belief system in someway?
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RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway?
May 5, 2014 at 5:37 pm
(May 2, 2014 at 11:35 am)Doggey75 Wrote: I don't claim to know if God exist or not.
This bit is the 'agnostic'...
Quote: But I don't believe God exist.
...this bit is the 'atheist'...
Quote: But I believe God does not exist.
...and this bit is one of the definitions of 'anti-theist' a.k.a. 'strong atheist' a.k.a.'gnostic atheist'. By claiming that 'there is no god', claiming knowledge, you're taking a position which is in opposition to theism rather than just having an absence of it. This definition of anti-theism is a subset of atheism.

The difference seems quite subtle, linguistically, however the inferences of the positions are drastically and obviously different.
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Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Doggey75 - May 2, 2014 at 11:35 am
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Chas - May 6, 2014 at 6:07 am
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Chas - May 6, 2014 at 9:51 am
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Chad32 - May 5, 2014 at 10:12 am
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Ben Davis - May 5, 2014 at 5:37 pm
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Leo34 - May 6, 2014 at 11:27 pm
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Chas - May 7, 2014 at 6:14 pm
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Chas - May 8, 2014 at 9:26 am
RE: Is atheism a belief system in someway? - by Tonus - May 13, 2014 at 6:11 am

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