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But, there's a difference between not having a religion and atheism. Atheism is the belief that there is no God. Just because one does not have a religion doe

• lukevdp 12y ago
  Atheism is the lack of a belief in a god. You can categorise it into a subset of people who believe there is no god (positive atheism) and people who simply have no belief (negative atheism) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism#Implicit_vs._explicit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism#Implicit_vs._explicit
  • mbubb 12y ago
    Semantics perhaps but isn't a 'belief that there is no god'? I tend to think of agnosticism as a 'lack of belief in a god'
    • br78 12y ago
      A unicorn agnostic would say "I have no evidence for the existence of unicorns, so there may or may not be unicorns" but a unicorn atheist would say "I have no evidence for the existence of unicorns, so I don't believe unicorns exist". It is a matter of semantics.
    • TheCoelacanth 12y ago
      Agnosticism is a subset of atheism.
  • esrauch 12y ago
    What if you can believe in god and have no religion?
    • lukevdp 12y ago
      Broadly speaking you would be a non religious theist. If you believe a God exists and reject that it can be known through religion, that would make you a deist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism