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You said you were an atheist, and I went through what the commonly accepted definition of that was. I quoted it. That is what atheism is. If you call yourself a
by itistoday 16y ago
You said you were an atheist, and I went through what the commonly accepted definition of that was. I quoted it. That is what atheism is. If you call yourself an atheist, then that is what you believe, unless you call yourself an atheist yet hold beliefs that are different from what atheism is understood to be, in which case, you might want to choose another word.
- ThomPete 16y agoAgain what is it that I believe? That I don't believe in god's or boogymen or dragons? Is that a belief? Then surely the word itself is meaningless. If you say that non-belief is a religion then all religions that only allow for one god consist of people who daily do what is forbidden by their own religion by not believing in the thousands of gods that exist.
- itistoday 16y agoThat I don't believe in god's or boogymen or dragons? My assertion, as I explained, is that you have a poor understanding of the various meanings of the word "God". If that is so, then you might be missing something important. It's fine not to believe in a "pink elephant", but doing a quick Google search will show you that there are in fact things that exist and go by that name. If you're still in disagreement and would like to take this conversation to a satisfactory conclusion, feel free to contact me via email. You'll find it via the link in my profile. I think I am done refreshing the page for this thread for today though.
- ThomPete 16y agoWell you are the one arguing that non-belief is religious. You still haven't explained how that can live together with the apparently religious non-believe in other gods that religious people are forced into by your reasoning. Unless you are actually going to address that, I am afraid I don't see how any satisfactory conclusion can be reached. No biggie.