Reply #451: Wow

[LiberalVoice]

:wow: I love when people gloat their asses off and look completly clueless in the process. Read the hint BMUS gave you again: "disbelief is not the same thing as no belief." ok, now read it again "disbelief is not the same thing as no belief." If you still dont understand read this part again.

What Is the Definition of Atheism?
Dictionaries, Atheists, Freethinkers, and Others on Defining Atheism

There is, unfortunately, some disagreement about the definition of atheism. It is interesting to note that most of that disagreement comes from theists — atheists themselves tend to agree on what atheism means. Christians in particular dispute the definition used by atheists and insist that atheism means something very different.

The broader, and more common, understanding of atheism among atheists is quite simply "not believing in any gods." No claims or denials are made — an atheist is just a person who does not happen to be a theist. Sometimes this broader understanding is called "weak" or "implicit" atheism. Most good, complete dictionaries readily support this.

There also exists a narrower sort of atheism, sometimes called "strong" or "explicit" atheism. With this type, the atheist explicitly denies the existence of any gods — making a strong claim which will deserve support at some point. Some atheists do this and others may do this with regards to certain specific gods but not with others. Thus, a person may lack belief in one god, but deny the existence of another god.



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