(September 8, 2021 at 2:57 pm)Ahriman Wrote: In an atheist's mind, rejecting religion and rejecting the idea of God, are the same thing.
Telling people what they think rarely ends well.
I reject religion because it is either poorly contrived superstition with no basis in reality or politics without the oversight and ethics depending on the flavour.
I reject the ancient gods because they are mythological absurdities that made the volcanoes erupt or the crops flourish.
I reject the modern gods because they are ancient gods pimped out by organized religion and infinitely more absurd than their ancestors.
I don't reject the deistic god(s) and can probably make a better argument for them than most theists. I simply don't believe in them. If you don't understand the difference between rejection and lack of belief then you're completely missing what atheists are.