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snowguy716
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« on: April 22, 2016, 03:59:34 PM »

Atheism is simply non belief in a god. It doesn't 'ask' for anything else. It's like calling someone a theist and expecting then to think, believe and act the same as every other theist.

Aa such they are philosophically diverse. There is just no recourse to a god in that thinking.
It is the active belief that there is no God, based either on faith or on a lack of empirical evidence.  But whether God(s) exist(s) or not is currently unprovable... so you're participating in an active belief.

You can be agnostic and accept that you don't know either way and not be particularly concerned about it... or you can identify as an atheist and be "certain".
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2016, 12:12:56 PM »
« Edited: May 12, 2016, 01:51:26 PM by Snowguy716 »

It is the active belief that there is no God, based either on faith or on a lack of empirical evidence.

That's a very narrow definition of "atheism," that neither reflects the literal meaning of the word ("without atheism"), nor a common belief (few atheists actively believe there is certainly no God; agnostic atheism is much more common than "hard" atheism).

Most people would claim that there's not rational reason to believe in God, but that is not the same as "active belief that there is no God" -- we are, after all, talking about a metaphysical subject.
I was responding to Afleitch's assertion that atheism is "simply a non-belief in God", which is not true.  

Now you're literally citing doctrines and defining denominations of this supposed "unreligion".

As for homeopathy...you can claim it has been rejected and that many treatments it prescribes ineffective...but you'd have a hard time arguing "successful homeopathy doesn't exist at all."
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