Is there such belief/thing as an Atheist?

Question

Do you believe that there is really a person who is an atheist? Check for the definition of the word...

Do you believe that there is really a person who is an atheist? Check for the deeper definition of the word... Do you also believe that there are only 2 type of people? Believer and Agnostic?

Answer 1

Actually I believe An agnostic is someone who questions the existence of a supreme being, not that they do not know what they believe! Every intelligent being should go through an agnostic period at least once in their life before they settle into the belief system that becomes their own, if not then they are just blindly following someones Else's belief's from teachings, taught to them, and not coming to their own educated decisions, sort of like lambs being led to slaughter. And no I am not an atheist! I am a member of MENSA who has debated this issue at length and by the way I once had someone tell me they were an atheist and therefore they had no beliefs, and I corrected them and reminded them that their belief was not to believe.

Answer 2

Yes. I am an atheist myself. One who doesn't believe there is a Supernatural Power guiding my every move. I also categorize myself as a Free Thinker. Does this mean I go around committing atrocities in the World? No!!!!! I probably have close to the same values about things you do, if you aren't some religious fanatic.

Answer 3

I'm inclined to think that everyone is an atheist - The religious leaders are cynical atheists, manipulating the general body of believers for their own ends, in order to maintain their power, wealth and prestige. The main herd are in a "Don't Ask Don't Tell" state - they don't believe, but they think everyone else believes, so they play along with it, so they're all deluded by the leaders and deluding each other. Everyone else already knows they're an atheist.

So my contention is that *everyone* is an atheist. No-one really believes all that fairy tale nonsense, it's just too patently stupid.

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All reasoned arguments rely on axioms, i.e. things which we take to be true, but which are not amenable to proof. The most obvious axiom is the validity of reason itself - It is trivially obvious that we can't use a reasoned argument to prove that reason is valid, because we have to presume that reason is valid in order to make any kind of reasoned argument.

I have another axiom, which I'm sure no sane person would dispute: That the order and complexity that we see around us in the natural universe, and particularly in the intricate structure and functions of living organisms, could not possibly just exist fully formed, with no cause, no origin, no precursor of any sort. I can't *prove* that this is the case, but it seems inconceivable to me that anyone would dispute it.

So, the logical consequence of accepting this axiom is that, for the very same reason, it's not possible that the order and complexity of the universe is sourced in an intelligent deity who designed and made the universe and *himself* exists fully formed with no cause, no origin, no precursor of any sort. I don't think any reasonable person would dispute the axiom presented here, and acceptance of the axiom leads to an indisputable proof of the non-existence of an intelligent creator.

Anyone who (against all reason) asserted that the order and complexity we see in the universe *could* indeed exist fully formed with no cause and no origin, in order thereby to save the concept of an uncaused intelligent designer, would find that they had invalidated said designer by making him redundant - i.e. if the order and complexity of the universe could just exist fully formed and uncaused then it would not need (in fact, could not possibly have) a designer.

Either way, the concept of a creator is invalidated.

Answer 4

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"Agnostic" is a meaningless word and does not relate to beliefs. It literally translates as "ignorant" and a person who claims to be agnostic is claiming he does not know what he believes.

All things are possible, so if we use the screwed up definition agnostics try to use (cannot know), everyone is agnostic. But agnostic does not literally mean "cannot know," it literally means "I don't know what I believe."

No, not everyone is agnostic. Only people too cowardly to admit what they believe.

Answer 5

"Atheist: Someone who denies the existence of god"

Umm... yes? I used to be one, but now I accept the possibility, so I guess I'm an agnostic...

Answer 6

atheist - n. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.

I disbelieve the existence of god or gods, many others also fit this description. So my answer is yes.

Answer 7

Some of us don't believe in gods (for which there is no evidence).

Some of us don't believe in atheists (for which there is abundant evidence - myself included).

Answer 8

technically by disputing the existance of god, don't atheists therefore put it as a religious stance (ie the nonexistance of god(s)) rather than a philosophical/scientific stance that they want?

Answer 9

yes, i am an atheist too.

Answer 10

nah