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Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1][2] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[3][4][5] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.[4][5][6][7] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[8][9] which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists.[9][10]
Philosophers such as Antony Flew[43] and Michael Martin[38] have contrasted positive (strong/hard) atheism with negative (weak/soft) atheism. Positive atheism is the explicit affirmation that gods do not exist. Negative atheism includes all other forms of non-theism. According to this categorization, anyone who is not a theist is either a negative or a positive atheist. The terms weak and strong are relatively recent, while the terms negative and positive atheism are of older origin, having been used (in slightly different ways) in the philosophical literature[43] and in Catholic apologetics.[44] Under this demarcation of atheism, most agnostics qualify as negative atheists.
I am an atheist simply because I prefer rational thought rather than to persist in delusion.
Look, I just stay heavily sceptical until new evidence changes my beliefs otherwise. Now, don't get me wrong. I agree there are some very weird things out there that we don't have explanations for yet, but I think we'll understand them better as time goes on.
Look, I just stay heavily sceptical until new evidence changes my beliefs otherwise.
I am an atheist simply because I prefer rational thought rather than to persist in delusion.
I am an atheist simply because I prefer rational thought rather than to persist in delusion.
I rather look at the Universe with an open mind, and accept everything that it has to teach us, than to make an illusion just so I can think that I know the truth and the answer to all.
The time I really became an atheist was when I started reading and educating myself about various subjects of science and astronomy, once I saw the mysterious and complexity of the universe I started to question if the bible is really true. After more research I made a conclusion.
which clearly the God of the Abrahamic religions not is. For example, how the God of the old testament says in Deuteronomy 21 : 18-21 said that you should stone your child to death when he is too stubborn. Really, how could the all knowing, all loving, define creator of everything, care about such stupid things. There are many more examples, they are not hard to find.
Something or some entity who created this mysterious and complex Universe should even be more complex than the Universe itself
I do not consider you an atheist not at all. you believe in God already
Still can't explain how order came out of chaos. Can you?
You must have a FIRM belief in the fact there is no god, to be an atheist. More specifically, a belief that there is NOTHING after death. A lack of the spiritual.
Atheism is a religion, the religion of non belief.
At least that's the way I see it.