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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:50 pm
Yes i know that sounds like a really dumb question but... enlighten me..please
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:05 pm
I'm going to go with the belief there is no God.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:09 pm
Is that it? Huh that's alot more simple then i thought it would be.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:43 pm
guidence423 Is that it? Huh that's alot more simple then i thought it would be. Take the word apart. A-theism. The "a" indicates "not", or a lack. Like in "amoral", "asocial" or "apathetic". "Theism" indicates "belief in deity", number not specified. So "atheism" simply indicates a lack of belief in deity. It's also one belief, so you could believe in other things (animism, for example) and still technically be an atheist.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:47 am
Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:54 am
Prince Rilian Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods. Lack of belief in a God and believing there is no God still functionally lead to the same thing. The difference is so slight as to make little or no difference in practice.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:56 am
guidence423 Is that it? Huh that's alot more simple then i thought it would be. Yep. That's it.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:34 am
Lateralus es Helica guidence423 Is that it? Huh that's alot more simple then i thought it would be. Yep. That's it. It's not a religion really so theres nothing to be complex about it. We don't really have any traditions or anything. >.>
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:24 am
Lateralus es Helica Prince Rilian Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods. Lack of belief in a God and believing there is no God still functionally lead to the same thing. The difference is so slight as to make little or no difference in practice.
What he is trying to say is that you used this definition:
"Lack of belief in God."
He corrected you by saying:
"Lack of belief in any gods/goddesses/Divine-Like figures."
He's trying to say you made the definition sound like the disbelief in the Christian god. ( AKA God )
When, really, it's the disbelief in all of them.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:32 pm
Captain_Shinzo Lateralus es Helica Prince Rilian Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods. Lack of belief in a God and believing there is no God still functionally lead to the same thing. The difference is so slight as to make little or no difference in practice.
What he is trying to say is that you used this definition:
"Lack of belief in God."
He corrected you by saying:
"Lack of belief in any gods/goddesses/Divine-Like figures."
He's trying to say you made the definition sound like the disbelief in the Christian god. ( AKA God )
When, really, it's the disbelief in all of them.Disbelief in anything divine at all. Moe skeptical and for reason.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:19 pm
Lateralus es Helica Prince Rilian Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods. Lack of belief in a God and believing there is no God still functionally lead to the same thing. The difference is so slight as to make little or no difference in practice. There are two differences, and they are important. Call Me Apple said "God" and I said "gods". Call Me Apple said it's the belief that God doesn't exist, and I said it's a lack of belief that any gods exist. Those who believe no gods exist are (a subset of) atheists, but they are ideologically different from bare atheism. And by just saying "God" you're implying atheism just means not believing the christian god or something. It means not believing in any gods.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:57 pm
I didn't mean to imply the Christian God solely, pretty much any culture that worships a god (notice lower-case there for your viewing pleasure) capitalizes the name, hence me capitalizing God.
I realize there is a difference but functionally, as in how it's applied to everyday use, there's little to no difference. I'm not going to behave differently if I believe there are no gods versus if I lacked belief in gods.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:37 pm
I actually knew someone IRL who thought anyone who wasn't a christian was an atheist. Like, he would say "an atheist who worships the norse gods" and such. So I think that's important to clarify.
Believing there are no gods and not believing there are any gods might not be functionally different, but theists crazily attack "atheism" by saying "how do you know there's no God? You can't prove that!" Atheism doesn't have anything to do with knowing there's no God, though, so that too is important to correct.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:53 am
Prince Rilian I actually knew someone IRL who thought anyone who wasn't a christian was an atheist. Like, he would say "an atheist who worships the norse gods" and such. So I think that's important to clarify. Believing there are no gods and not believing there are any gods might not be functionally different, but theists crazily attack "atheism" by saying "how do you know there's no God? You can't prove that!" Atheism doesn't have anything to do with knowing there's no God, though, so that too is important to correct. Are you serious? I don't always specify either but when asked what atheism is I usually just get lazy and say a lack of belief in God and then most of the time add an (s) at the end of it. I think I'll make sure to make that distinction especially if some people think atheists believe in Gods outside of the Abrahamic faiths. That's just odd though, what are they teaching kids in school these days *shakes head*
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:09 am
SuchSweetSadism Captain_Shinzo Lateralus es Helica Prince Rilian Call Me Apple I'm going to go with the belief there is no God. wrong. it's the lack of belief in any gods. Lack of belief in a God and believing there is no God still functionally lead to the same thing. The difference is so slight as to make little or no difference in practice.
What he is trying to say is that you used this definition:
"Lack of belief in God."
He corrected you by saying:
"Lack of belief in any gods/goddesses/Divine-Like figures."
He's trying to say you made the definition sound like the disbelief in the Christian god. ( AKA God )
When, really, it's the disbelief in all of them.Disbelief in anything divine at all. Moe skeptical and for reason.
You're right.
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