Why do they say that it's an "excuse"?? I'm neither Christian, nor Atheist....I just want an explanation. It makes no sense to me.
2007-03-02 04:43:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For JC Redding....how can you say it's not a belief if Atheists do not "believe" that god exists. Note the use of the word "believe" in that statement...ahem.
2007-03-02 04:52:16 · update #1
Every human being has a belief system. If after being asked what you believe, and you start off by saying "I believe" then you have a belief system. Just so happens atheists don't believe in a God. Everyone chooses to believe what they want or have searched out enough to form a belief in.
2007-03-02 04:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by JohnFromNC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the lack of believe in any god. It is not an excuse. It seems some zealot Christians can't get over the fact that some people do not need faith and god to lead happy moral lives, and are not going to buy in to a bunch of stories that have no basis in FACT.
The reason is makes no sense to you is because it makes no sense. Just narrow minded people, with narrow minded beliefs, who want you to be a sheep and follow along.
Maybe you are an Agnostic, a belief in a higher being, that has no hand in the day to day lives of man.
2007-03-02 05:05:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do believe that Atheism is a belief even though I am a Christian. Atheist choose to believe in nothing. They believe that there is no moral standards except what each of us make and they believe that the Big Bang must be true and they believe that life came from nothing. Atheism is a belief however they believe that their exsistence is meaningless. It is not any kind of belief that I want. God bless you.
2007-03-02 04:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by rhino 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-30 02:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually atheism is not a belief, it is the attribute of lacking a particular belief just as atoothfairyism is the attribute of not believing in the existence of a tootfairy. It isn't a belief. A sincere belief that the toothfairy exists is a belief. Not believing in the toothfairy is not a belief.
2007-03-04 14:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't consider it an "excuse" and haven't heard any Christians refer to it as such. I just believe by it's very defintion it is not a belief but a disbelief. A choice not to believe in any God. They have the right no to believe just like I have the right to believe.
2007-03-02 04:47:18 · answer #6 · answered by Scott B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They want to make atheist a gray group, they dont want to say that atheism is a belief only, I believe, because atheist have no defined deity.
2007-03-02 04:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by Haz the Preacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the state of disbelief or non-belief in the existence of a deity or deities -- that definition should make it clear why Atheism can't be regarded as a belief, it's disbelief in a belief. =)
2007-03-02 04:50:26 · answer #8 · answered by Dandirom 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a lack of belief founded on the absence of any evidence for God- nothing more.
2007-03-02 04:47:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's a belief.....to say otherwise is ridiculous!
2007-03-02 04:46:48 · answer #10 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋