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Atheist or hard agnostic? Agnostic as in “I haven’t had an experience to suggest there is a God”. Atheist as in “my faith-based initiative is to totally belie

• nicharesuk 6y ago
  To respond to this distinction and stay on topic, a book I'd recommend is Atheism: The Case against god by George H Smith.
• mkl 6y ago
  Atheism is not generally faith-based. That's kind of the whole point.
  • aronpye 6y ago
    Yes it is, you believe there isn’t a God if you’re an atheist. At this time there isn’t a way to prove there isn’t a God.
    • mkl 6y ago
      Proof of absence is not required for lack of belief, and lack of belief in any god makes me an atheist [1]. There's nothing faith-based about it. There are millions of other things I don't believe in too; it's the default position in many cases. [1] That's the definition: "a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods" - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheist https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atheist
      • heintzsight 6y ago
        I'd argue that it is still a statement of faith.