2007-03-13 07:07:11 · 27 answers · asked by SAR13 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheism: belief that there is no god, Atheist.
2007-03-13 07:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
—Synonyms Atheist, agnostic, infidel, skeptic refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. Infidel means an unbeliever, especially a nonbeliever in Islam or Christianity. A skeptic doubts and is critical of all accepted doctrines and creeds.
2007-03-13 14:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by scrow_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheist is word borrowed from the Middle French "atheisme," from the Greek "'atheos" denying the gods, (a-without + theos, a god.)
Atheism then is the condition of an absence of belief in God or gods.
Simple really.
2007-03-13 14:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a believer of god
A=not
theist= a believer of god (or gods)
The theist takes it on faith that God exists.
The atheist takes it on faith that God does not exist.
The Gnostic knows there is a god.
The agnostic doesn't know if there is or isn't a God, but wants to be buried with a spare suit, just incase there is an afterlife.
2007-03-13 14:15:04 · answer #4 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An atheist is a person who believes that there is enough evidence to warrant the claim that God does not exist. Now, that isn't quiet as similar as saying "they don't believe in God." There is a logical difference.
2007-03-13 14:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who believes in no god.
Theus (or something like that) = god
prefix a- = no
Never had latin in school so have no idea whether I've used the correct translations. All I can say is my mother likes to believe she is a atheist, she's just anti-catholicism (ironically enough both my brother and myself have been baptised in a catholic church) And that I am a multi-theist. o.o
2007-03-13 14:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the state either of being without theistic beliefs, or of actively disbelieving in the existence of deities. In antiquity, Epicureanism incorporated aspects of atheism, but it disappeared from the philosophy of the Greek and Roman traditions as Christianity gained influence. ...
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one who believes that there is no God. (atheism)
A person for whom the idea of god is senseless. Not to be confused with a person who hates (and neccessarily believes in the existence of) god.
2007-03-13 14:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheist:: one who believes that there is no deity.
This is a funny question, to me, since an Atheist must believe in the possibility of a Higher Deity to not believe in it. ;-)
2007-03-13 14:11:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The prefix 'a-' means 'without'
'Theist' means 'one who believes in a God'
Therefore 'Atheist' means 'one without belief in a God'
2007-03-13 14:10:20 · answer #9 · answered by Maverick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are those who know that God creates everything in this Universe but refuses to acknowledge that fact.
2007-03-13 14:12:55 · answer #10 · answered by absolute_quantum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person who does not believe in the existence of God or in any religious rituals etc.
2007-03-13 14:10:21 · answer #11 · answered by skepty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋