Can you explain to me what atheist is or was?

Question

TO THE GOD OF THIS WORLD.....HELLOW ,LOOK AT HAND ,GET REAL

Answer 1

Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of any deities. It is commonly defined as the denial of theism, amounting to the positive assertion that deities do not exist, or as the deliberate rejection of theism. However, others—including most atheistic philosophers and groups—define atheism as the simple absence of belief in deities (cf. nontheism), thereby designating many agnostics, and people who have never heard of gods, such as newborn children, as atheists as well. In recent years, some atheists have adopted the terms strong and weak atheism to clarify whether they consider their stance one of positive belief (strong atheism) or the mere absence of belief (weak atheism).

Many self-described atheists share common skeptical concerns regarding supernatural claims, citing a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Other rationales for atheism range from the philosophical to the social to the historical. Additionally, although atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism, naturalism, and materialism, there is no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere.

Answer 2

Q: What's the difference between an atheist and an agnostic?

A: It has to do with the difference between what you believe and what you think you can prove. For any particular god that you can imagine, a "theist" is one who has a belief in that god. An "atheist" is one who does not have a belief in the god. A "gnostic" is one who believes that the god can be proved to exist, and an "agnostic" is one who believes that the god cannot be proved to exist.

Notice that the terms "atheist" and "agnostic", by these definitions, are not mutually exclusive. You could be an agnostic atheist, meaning you don't think one can prove the existence or nonexistence of gods, but you don't choose to believe in one without further proof. Many people assume that atheists believe that gods can be proved not to exist, but this isn't strictly true and there is no word to describe this. You could call such a person an "untheist", perhaps. Or, you could just call such a person a "gnostic atheist", one who doesn't believe in a god and thinks that his non-belief can be proved.

So there are four possible ways one could be.

1. Agnostic-Theist: believes god exists, but it can't be proved
2. Gnostic-Theist: believes it can be proved that gods exist
3. Agnostic-Atheist: does not believe god exists, but it can't be proved
4. Gnostic-Atheist: believes it can be proved that god does not exist

Case 3 is sometimes referred to as "weak atheism" and case 4 is sometimes referred to as "strong atheism". Only strong atheism positively asserts that there are no gods.

Answer 3

hrm, flaw in your question >>> Most who answered, their answers were not even their own thoughts, Maybe from books???? >>> Yes the ideas ARE based upon something that someone has proven and they were read out of books. What is someone just supposed to sit down and say "this is evolution" and just hope it is the correct answer? The point of science is to speculate what if, test the idea, and either prove yay or nay to that idea. And yes those ideas WERE recorded in books, it's called history, and it's good to write down... After all the bible is an interpretation of a story that someone a LONG time ago wrote down.... so you may not buy the fact that some people will read a science book, and "get it" and "buy" the ideas in the book etc.. but that is where belief systems come from, research and ideas of other people that are either proven or expanded upon. (Even your bible is based upon that). The main thing though is that scientists dont just say "this is right and everything else is wrong" however Religion does, and considering there are a few 1000 "religions" in the world (one of which is called scientology) they cannot all be right, so how can you be sure Christianity is the right one if you dont question it?

Answer 4

An atheist does not believe in the existance of God

Answer 5

An Atheist is someone who does not believe in any sort of deity and denies religion. We try to think for ourselves and don't go along with mainstream "organized" religion because we believe it has no merit. Most of us also believe in Evolution. Atheists are hated quite often, but most of us try to just get along with everyone and live each day the best we can.

Answer 6

The definition is simple: An atheist is one who professes not to believe in any form of Deity.

The explanation is also simple: An atheist is one who believes himself/herself too smart and too sophisticated to believe in God.

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Answer 7

I do not believe that atheist today know the meaning or the original religion, they wing it.

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An atheist, one who leads the life of a member of the Kandâla or of other low ... 1 'Or nâstikavritti means "one who receives his substance from an atheist. ...
www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe07/sbe07056.htm

Book II: Canto CIX.: The Praises of Truth.
'The atheist's lore I use no more, Not mine his impious creed: ... That bade me use the atheist's plea To turn thee from thine aim. ...
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Answer 8

the answer is of course you... someone who does not believe in GOD... hope to be looking down on you when Armageddon jumps off...