Is disbelief in God the same as absence/lack of belief?
I've always gotten the two mixed up.
2007-03-26 11:27:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Disbelief-you acknowledge the thought of the existence of God but deny it.
Lack of Belief-No belief in anything God because your incapable of understanding(animals, babies,etc.)
2007-03-26 11:33:50 · answer #1 · answered by Maikeru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dis-belief is an active term
Lack of belief is passive
I think you just described athiesm and agnosticism
I don't know that the old and/or new testament are false; however convincing me they are true would require an act of god (or godess)
2007-03-26 11:34:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymoose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absence of belief is a philosophical position.
dis-belief/outright objection to the notion of a God is a spiritual position.
'It is not my belief that unicorns exist' is different from saying 'unicorns do not exist'.
One is just an intellectual approach...the other is an aggressive stance.
-Rob
2007-03-26 11:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belief is ignorance because it has nothing to do with knowledge. Whether u believe or not, the bottom line is that u don't KNOW.
Belief is the acceptance of anything AS THOUGH it is true.
2007-03-26 11:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by Nuwaubian Moor 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
disbelief is not believing.
lack of belief is having no belief.
2007-03-26 11:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jan P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think there are different levels of belief ... or degrees of doubt ... u either buy it or u dont and thats the whole point ... its the heart that counts ..
2007-03-26 11:32:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, IT just means they are questioners, thinkers,
2007-03-26 11:31:58 · answer #7 · answered by chin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes no difference since this is religion here...
2007-03-26 11:31:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋