I don't. The not believing is a belief doesn't work, and I don't "belief God doesn't exist", just having no reason to believe he exists I discredit the idea just like the idea that fire, water, air, and earth make up everything. It isn't a belief, just an idea I don't put any weight on. Not having proof for it, I don't believe it, it isn't that I believe that it is not. If better words come to me later I'll try to make it more clear.
2006-10-28 19:26:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Really? I like plain nails on a woman, red nails are a little too flashy for me.
2006-10-28 19:31:33 · update #1
To Don P, I don't think atheism is illogical. If you've never seen a mouse eat a whale is it illogical to assume that mice don't eat whales?An absolute certainty about anything might be a little over the top, but I think you can generally have and absolute certainty that if there is a God no one has ever come close to correctly defining him, so for all intents and purposes the God we're discussing can be logically said to certainly not exist.
2006-10-28 19:44:06 · update #2
No. It's NOT a belief. It's LACK of belief. Saying atheism is a belief is like saying "not collecting baseball cards" is a hobby. It's like saying that bald is a hair color.
Being without belief in Invisible Pink Unicorns is not a belief. Being without belief in elves and hobbits is not a belief. Same with being without belief in gods.
2006-10-28 19:29:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Athiesm entails the belief that it is an absolute certainty that God, any god, does not exist, just as Thiesm entails a belief that God, any god, DOES exist. Since neither proposition can be demonstrated or proven certainly and unequivocally, either position is illogical.
Agnosticism says that God (or gods) may exist, but if he/she/it/they do, that fact is completely unknowable to mankind because he/she/it/they have not made their existence absolutely and unquestionably known to humanity. I think that position makes much more sense logically then either of the other two.
2006-10-29 01:37:36 · answer #2 · answered by Don P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... actually, atheism is a belief, a belief in the non-existence of God. That's what distinguishes it from agnosticism, which is an uncertainty about the existance and/or nature of the deity. Christians tend to get the two confused quite a bit.
2006-10-29 01:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by triviatm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No more "belief" than believing the earth goes around the sun or that objects dropped in a vacum fall at 32 feet per second squared.
Atheism is NOT a religion. Religions do not use facts, but faith to make their points. Atheism is a refutation of faith.
If you ask a religionist why they believe in god, they will give a list of answers that boil down to one thing, "I have faith." There is no other proof. If you ask an Atheist why they do NOT believe in god, they will give a list of answers that boil down to "I have no facts."
Faith and facts. Mutually exclusive. I don't have to BELIEVE the Earth goes 'round the sun for it to do so.
2006-10-29 01:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is a lack of beleif by definition.
Atheism however comes in many shapes and sizes.
An affirmative atheists has the undelying it is a beleif in their lack of beleif. They solidly affirm that God does not exist.
Atheists like Richard Dawkins are agnostic in their approach, and anti-theists in practice. An agnostic is one who beleives you cannot prove (nor disprove) the existence of God. Dawkins, however lashes out against theism which isn't neccesarrily atheism, but anti-theism. It's not lack of beleif, but a staunch opposition to theistic beliefs
Then there are atheists they are agnostic without the baggage of anti-theism. Generally speaking, they say that God is not knowable, so one cannot make an affirmative conclusion for or against God, and they leave it there.
These are some high-level categorical views of atheism, and by no means exhaustive, but I'd say most people are the middle one.
2006-10-30 14:00:10 · answer #5 · answered by The1andOnlyMule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a difference between a belief and a religion
atheism is simply a belief --- not believing in any anything is still technically believing in something
it may not be an organized religion, but it is still a belief
2006-10-29 01:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by eet2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
atheism is a belief in following what is seen or can be proven. it is also a belief that religion is basically superstition. and yes, it is the belief that god does not exist and that this is what we have.
2006-10-29 06:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by heyrobo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean that other people don't. It's a belief regardless of how you feel about it. It's not a religion, but it is a belief.
2006-10-29 01:28:35 · answer #8 · answered by robtheman 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes the argument becomes heated on both sides. But many are just searching for the truth and simply reject that which has no viable evidence.
2006-10-29 01:30:49 · answer #9 · answered by DREAMER 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You just preached a sermon on your "belief'... there are many Atheist evangelists on the tv all the time trying to convince people to "believ " their way... That is religion in my book
2006-10-29 01:32:32 · answer #10 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋