My conclusions about weak Atheism.

[Jenny A]

It's a stance that not only says it's without belief of God.

It's a stance that ultimately is neutral to what is the true nature of a human (for example, whether it's spiritual or not).

For example, weak Atheists would say they don't know if they have a real soul in the sense religious believe.

It's ok to not know. But What I don't understand, is the assumption no human can know they are soul, simply because you don't.

It's very rational in fact to say if we are soul, it would be one of the more apparent things to realize.

My conclusion in weak Atheism, is they are trying to give intelligence and knowledge to a stance of ignorance.

I don't know is fine. But to make it the staying place.  


None of us in our lives I think weren't Atheists in the weak sense. We all wondered at some point in our lives, if God truly exists or not, and were inclined one way or another, but didn't really believe one way or another.

I know as a child, I questioned God, I even did it explicitly to my parents, where I asked questions, and I understood evolution before I even heard of it. It was a theory I understood and assumed possible, before even hearing it (I was 6 years old when I asked "why does the world have to be created, if God can exist always, why not the universe?").

But I know then there could be so many reasons that I don't know which is why I brought up to my parents who didn't have a good answer.

I even realized then, they weren't to guide me regarding this, if I were to know the truth regarding it.

6 years old. Some people never grow up though

You are wrong.  Just not absolutely wrong.  There are Buddhists who absolutely believe in the soul, and afterlife  but not in god.  And there are plain old non religious atheists who believe in souls, the afterlife, and possibly bigfoot. Atheists who are atheists due to skepticism are unlikely to believe in any of those things.  Most of the atheists here are skeptical atheists.   

Whether skeptical  atheists want souls, an afterlife and/or or a god of some to exist is an entirely different matter.  There have been more than one new atheist here  bemoaning the lack of those things.  Realizing that what you want is probably nonexistent hurts.

Personally, I don't believe in souls or an afterlife of any kind.  Whether I'd want to live for eternity is a different question.  The unreflective answer if yes of course I'd like to live forever.  But forever and a lot longer are very different.  Most things become hell if repeated indefinitely.  Getting eternal life might be a kind of hell regardless of how nicely it begins.  I'd like a little more detail first before I sign up for eternity.  Forever with the ability quit at any time would be ideal.