I hear some who claim to be Atheist but they say they have a soul or are superstitious. Would they still be Atheist?
What would the proper term for someone who does not believe in god, a soul, spirits, angels, demons, karma, luck, transcending the ox, enlightenment, magic, spells, curses, fung shui, et all.
2007-07-08 15:54:50 · 14 answers · asked by Yuff 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists don't believe in gods. All that other stuff is superstitious nonsense that atheists (most) wouldn't believe in either.
2007-07-08 16:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Srota is a bit mixed up. An atheist doesn't "deny" the existance of god--that implies that a god exists and the atheists are denying this is true. Kind of like "denying" the earth is round. Atheists simply do not believe there is a god, so there's no existance to deny. Why is this so difficult to understand?
2007-07-08 23:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a level 2 atheist. I'm about 300 points from reaching level 3. My main goal is to become a level 7 atheist and top contributor and only then will I be allowed to traverse the different dimensions.
2007-07-08 23:04:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists do not believe in a god. There are strong and weak atheists, a weak one says there is no evidence yet, a strong one rejects the premise that there will ever be any evidence of a god as currently constructed.
Technically they are free to believe anything else that takes their fancy, in practise most will take a rational worldview and apportion belief to evidence.
2007-07-08 22:58:38 · answer #4 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
fourmorebeers is almost correct.
Weak atheists don't believe in a God, but don't shut out the possibility of one.
Strong atheists BELIEVE there is no God.
There is a difference between not believing something is true and believing something is not true.
This person who says he is superstitious could be atheist, but I do find that slightly contradictory, since there is no natural reason to believe in superstition.
2007-07-08 23:01:37 · answer #5 · answered by khard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheist = does not believe in any god.
Everything after that is up to the individual. Finding one that believes in a soul is unusual, but they are out there.
2007-07-08 23:01:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, there are no levels of atheism, but there are different types of atheism. I am the latter one that you explained. No gods, no religion, no afterlife, no supernatural, no karma, no luck, no magic, no spells, no curses....etc.
atheist
2007-07-08 23:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(A = Without)
(Theism = Belief in Gods)
Atheism = No belief in Gods
Strong atheism = Belief there are no Gods
Strong atheism+ = Belief there is *no* supernatural at all (me)
( The last [ ' + ' ] is mine, for lack of any known term... )
I'm a 100% good, kind, steadfast, confirmed, devout, committed, militant, fundamentalist, ultra-tolerant, rabid, logical, rational, empirical, *non-denominational* born-again, strong ATHEIST+.
2007-07-08 23:01:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheist is the proper term.
Levels? Atheism means there is no god/ any god.
It isn't a religion.
2007-07-08 22:59:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
ya i'm a level 20 atheist. i can kill gods with the power of my mind alone ;)
seriously it sounds like you're describing a skeptic or a naturalist
2007-07-08 23:00:35 · answer #10 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋